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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: Taking Up Role: The Multiple Dimensions of Person-in-Role\, Authority\, and Social Identity in Groups - Mary McRae & Kelley Hershman
DESCRIPTION:Location: Virtually on Zoom \nDescription: Roles in groups and organizations operate across multiple dimensions: the role assigned by the organization\, how the individual takes up that role (person-in-role)\, and how the role is perceived by others. These dimensions are often misaligned\, particularly in the context of social identity\, where assumptions and projections shape how authority is granted\, resisted\, or undermined. This workshop focuses on making these dynamics visible. Using brief video vignettes and live group process\, participants will examine how identity influences role and authority in real time\, and how to intervene when gaps emerge between role\, behavior\, and perception. \nPresenter Bios: \nMary B. McRae\, Ed.D\, is a counseling psychologist in private practice. She also does coaching and group facilitation to enhance more effective and productive  functioning. She is the President of the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry\, Psychoanalysis\, and Psychology.  Dr. McRae is the author of a book\, an educational video and several articles and book chapters.  \nKelley Hershman\, B.S.\, M.A.\, M.S.\, LMHC-D\, is a Licensed Psychotherapist\, Clinical Director and Co-Founder of The Soho Center for Mental Health and Clinical Learning in New York City.  She received both her B.S. in Applied Psychology\, and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from New York University. She received her M.S. in Counseling\, Clinical & School Psychology at The University of California in Santa Barbara. Her research interests include the study of adult attachment in marriage\, family and organizational behavior. She also researches race\, interracial marital stress\, authority\, gender and status as they relate to power and leadership within human systems and cultures. She has been practicing the Group Relations Consultation since 2008. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, contact the Seminar Series Co-Chairs\, Nardia Brooks and Jacqueline Ambrosini.
URL:https://egps.org/event/seminar-series-june-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: Special Considerations Working With Divorce Grief in Group Therapy - Oona Metz
DESCRIPTION:Location: In-person at a member’s studio space in Dumbo\, Brooklyn \nDescription: Divorce is a legal and financial process but it is a powerful and poignant emotional transition as well. This dynamic workshop with Oona Metz\, LICSW\, CGP will include lecture\, discussion and experiential learning. We will review how to understand and treat divorce related grief\, common therapist pitfalls working with divorcing clients\, and an overview of a combined support/therapy model of divorce groups. Open to all mental health providers regardless of marital or divorce status.\n \n \nPresenter Bio: Oona Metz\, LICSW\, CGP is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker\, a Certified Group Psychotherapist and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She has 30 years of clinical experience and specializes in treating women navigating divorce. Oona is the author of Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women. Unhitched has been featured on The CBS Morning Show\, in Time Magazine and on NPR’s Morning Edition. Her writing has appeared in outlets including The Psychotherapy Networker\, Psychology Today\, Social Work Voice and the Los Angeles Review. Oona leads three weekly Divorce Support Groups for Women and is the founder of the Beacon Group Fellowship\, a program which trains mental health professionals across the country to lead divorce groups. She is passionate about reducing the shame and stigma surrounding divorce. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, contact the Seminar Series Co-Chairs\, Nardia Brooks and Jacqueline Ambrosini.
URL:https://egps.org/event/seminar-series-april-2026/
LOCATION:A member’s studio space\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T110000
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: Intergenerational and Historical Trauma - Irit Felsen\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Location: In-person at a member’s studio space in Dumbo\, Brooklyn \nDescription: This presentation will focus on transmission of intergenerational\, collective historical trauma. \nThe professions of mental health have not readily accepted the validity of the concept of historical trauma\, which has finally been acknowledged in recent years. The main findings from empirical research and clinical literature about survivors of the Holocaust and their families will be presented. This body of clinical and empirical literature over the life span of Holocaust survivors and their children\, who are now entering their own old age\, opened the gates to studies in other trauma-exposed populations. The multigenerational transmission of historical trauma has by now been observed in descendants of survivors in multiple groups in the USA and across the globe\, including the descendants of Black slaves and indigenous peoples in the Americas\, in Australia and New Zealand\, descendants of Japanese interned in the USA during WWII\, and descendants of groups exposed to more recent wars. Historical and intergenerational trauma shape psychological vulnerabilities\, resilience\, and responses to current challenges in the life of offspring of trauma survivors This presentation will describe the mechanisms by which transmission takes place and its relevance in responses to current day reminders of the trauma. \nPotential risks for loss of empathy inherent in the confrontation of trauma therapists with stories of brutality and sadism presented by their patients will be also discussed\, as well as specific countertransference responses that might occur in the encounter between therapist and client who are embedded in diverse cultural identities. \n \nPresenter Bio: Irit Felsen\, Ph.D.\, is a clinical psychologist born in Israel and living in NY. Dr. Felsen’s practice is in NJ\, where she works with both individuals and couples. She specializes in the treatment of trauma\, traumatic loss\, intergenerational transmission of trauma\, and bi-cultural families. Her clinical work has focused on Holocaust Survivors and their descendants\, and her research on intergenerational transmission has been published in peer-reviewed journals and multiple book chapters. She was an Assistant Professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology\, Yeshiva University\, for 14 years and is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. She is Chair of the Trauma Work Group at the NGO Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Relationship to the United Nations\, and she was Chair of the Vibrant Older Adults Work Group within the Covid-19 APA Interdisciplinary Task Force. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, contact the Seminar Series Co-Chairs\, Nardia Brooks and Jacqueline Ambrosini.
URL:https://egps.org/event/seminar-series-february-2026/
LOCATION:A member’s studio space\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series Event: Oona Metz presents "Unhitched\," with Caty Borum
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a special evening we are co-sponsoring with P&T Knitwear book store where Oona Metz will discuss her new book\, Unhitched\, and learn how to navigate the emotional side of divorce and emerge stronger\, more confident\, and ready to thrive with this essential guide for women. \nOona will be in conversation with Caty Borum. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A\, Oona will also sign copies of her book. \nClick on the link below for tickets and further information \nPURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nOona Metz\, LICSW\, is a Boston based psychotherapist and Certified Group Psychotherapist who specializes in treating women navigating divorce. She is a Fellow of The American Group Psychotherapy Association and an active member of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society and the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy. She leads three weekly Divorce Support Groups and trains mental health clinicians to lead them as well. Oona has written for outlets including Psychotherapy Networker\, Psychology Today\,Cognoscenti and the Los Angeles Review. Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women is her first book. \nABOUT THE MODERATOR\nCaty Borum is Executive Director of the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) and Professor at American University’s School of Communication. She is an award-winning media producer\, engaged scholar\, podcast executive producer\, nonprofit leader\, and author or co-author of four books about entertainment culture\, human rights\, and social change.
URL:https://egps.org/event/seminar-series-event-oona-metz-presents-unhitched-with-caty-borum/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street New York\, NY 10002\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: Besiege Your Siege with Madness: Collective Liberation and the Psychoanalysis of World-Making - Dr. Reem Abu Hweij
DESCRIPTION:Location: Virtually on Zoom \nDescription: Amid genocide and protracted colonial trauma\, what psychic processes enable a people not only to survive but to imagine anew? Drawing from her essay “Besiege Your Siege with Madness” (forthcoming in Psychoanalysis\, Culture & Society)\, Dr. Reem Abu Hweij examines the Palestinian collective psyche as a site of world-making and spiritual revolt. She introduces the concept of liberation madness—a psycho-spiritual rupture through which the oppressed transcend the colonizer’s “Dominant Reason” and reclaim meaning\, love\, and collective purpose. \nThrough a dialogue between decolonial psychoanalysis\, liberation theology\, and clinical observation\, the seminar explores how trauma\, when shared and survived\, becomes a crucible for moral clarity and communal becoming. Participants are invited to reflect on the therapeutic\, political\, and existential implications of collective transcendence in times of annihilation. \nPresenter Bio: Dr. Reem Abu Hweij is a clinical psychologist and academic based in Jerusalem. She runs a private practice and teaches at AlQuds University and Dar Al-Kalima University. Her work integrates psychoanalysis\, Islamic psychology\, and decolonial thought\, focusing on trauma\, liberation\, and collective meaning-making. Dr. Abu Hweij’s recent essays include “The Colonizer Within: Exploring Facets of Internalized Oppression in Palestine” and “Besiege Your Siege with Madness: Transcendence and Liberation.” She regularly consults with humanitarian agencies and conducts supervision programs for psychosocial teams in Palestine. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, contact the Seminar Series Co-Chairs\, Nardia Brooks and Jacqueline Ambrosini.
URL:https://egps.org/event/seminar-series-december-2025/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: Radical Paradox and the Particularities of Identity - Adam Shechter
DESCRIPTION:Location: In-person at a member’s home at 535 Dean St\, Brooklyn\, NY \nDescription: Come and talk about the complexities of identity that don’t immediately add up\, but can be sensitively explored through a socially-conscious psychoanalytic paradigm. The contemporary political climate pushes for oversimplifications\, but is that who we really are\, as therapists and people? In a sense yes\, when the polarizing eye places its projection and enactment upon its subject. Yet our patients need us to contain them in their particular\, often seemingly contradictory  range of social identities—all the while holding the analytic line of their drives\, defenses\, fantasies—and at the same time\, empathizing and supporting them with the challenges of their realities. And don’t we as therapists and humans need the same? Not an easy task\, but one that many of us have chosen to sign up for. Bring your intellect\, heart\, personal stories\, and clinical experiences/questions to a workshop that will make room to hold\, explore and process these radical paradoxes together. \n \nPresenter Bio: Adam Shechter is a psychoanalytic therapist who works with individuals\, couples and groups. Since he was a young child the multiplicity of identity has been on his mind. Before becoming a therapist Adam pursued various creativity; writing\, musicality\, and visual art forms. Poetry ultimately won out though found more nourishing soils in becoming a therapist and focusing on the verbal relation of understanding others. His writing has been published in psychoanalytic and literary journals including European Journal for Psychoanalysis\, GROUP\, Free Associations\, Psychoanalytic Perspectives\, The Minnesota Review and others. Adam has presented his work at various analytic conferences including EGPS\, IFPE\, APCS and IPHA. He also co-moderates an online study group on the work of Michael Eigen. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, contact the Seminar Series Co-Chairs\, Nardia Brooks and Jacqueline Ambrosini.
URL:https://egps.org/event/seminar-series-november-2025/
LOCATION:Member’s Home\, 535 Dean St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
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