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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
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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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
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T203000
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SUMMARY:WG4RE November Discussion Group: Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates dialogue around the murder of Charlie Kirk: The Ubiquity of Whiteness
DESCRIPTION:Work Group for Racial Equity November Discussion Group:\nEzra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates dialogue around the murder of Charlie Kirk: The Ubiquity of Whiteness\n\nHost: Chris Dolin \n\n\n\n\nIn the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk\, Bernie Sanders said that Charlie Kirk was “a very smart and effective communicator and organizer and someone unafraid to get out into the world and engage the public.” Gavin Newsom on Kirk “I admired his passion and commitment to debate.” And Ezra Klein praised Charlie Kirk for “doing politics the right way” in a New York Times op-ed. If you’ve ever heard sound bytes from Charlie Kirk\, you may wonder if any of them had actually ever heard him speak. \n\nTa-Nehisi Coates responded in a Vanity Fair piece -doing something no one else did\, that is\, actually quoting Charlie Kirk\, and then Klein invited Coates to discuss their disagreement on Klein’s podcast.\n\nLet’s talk about it….\n\nWhat’s it like to read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ piece immediately following Ezra Klein’s piece? What sorts of feelings come up in your body as you read each? If you re-read each?\n\nThere are a lot of layers here\, and in the podcast episode\, they end up discussing more than just Klein’s NYT editorial piece. As you listen to each of them\, think about how their lived experiences (or lack thereof) shape the lens through which they see and analyze and feel the world. What stands out to you about what each of them are saying and trying to communicate to each other and to us?\n\nWhat aspects of whiteness/white supremacy culture do you notice?\n\nThese are listed in chronological order: \n\nEzra Klein Opinion Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way\nTa-Nehisi Coates Response in Vanity Fair – Charlie Kirk Redeemed: a Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause\nVideo: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo fee to attend. All are welcome.
URL:https://egps.org/event/wg4re-november-2025-discussion/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Work Group for Racial Equity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T164516
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SUMMARY:EGPS Annual Conference - Navigating Differences: Authenticity\, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups (In-Person Day)
DESCRIPTION:Navigating Differences:\nAuthenticity\, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn today’s climate of cultural and social division\, differences within groups can spark disconnection\, tension\, and misunderstanding. Yet\, when approached with openness and reflection\, these challenges can become powerful gateways to healing\, connection\, and growth.\nGroup work offers a vital space to transform conflict into curiosity and division into dialogue. As group leaders\, we are called to hold complexity: encouraging authentic expression while honoring safety and boundaries. Through restorative practices and compassionate accountability\, we create containers where members can explore hard truths\, deepen relationships\, and remain grounded in integrity and care. \nJoin us for the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society 2025 Annual Conference where together we will deepen our understanding of how group process supports movement through fear\, repair of relational ruptures\, and greater tolerance for difference. We will explore how cultivating empathy\, active listening\, and emotional honesty creates space for people to feel seen\, heard\, and understood\, building a framework for both personal insight and collective transformation. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration has ended: If you’ve registered already\, check your email inbox for confirmation emails and instructions from jan@egps.org with subject lines starting “EGPS Conference IN-PERSON DAY” and/or “EGPS Conference ONLINE DAY” for relevant instructions.
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-annual-conference-in-person/
LOCATION:The Riverside Church\, 91 Claremont Avenue\, New York City\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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SUMMARY:EGPS Annual Conference - Navigating Differences: Authenticity\, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups (Live Online Day)
DESCRIPTION:Navigating Differences:\nAuthenticity\, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn today’s climate of cultural and social division\, differences within groups can spark disconnection\, tension\, and misunderstanding. Yet\, when approached with openness and reflection\, these challenges can become powerful gateways to healing\, connection\, and growth.\nGroup work offers a vital space to transform conflict into curiosity and division into dialogue. As group leaders\, we are called to hold complexity: encouraging authentic expression while honoring safety and boundaries. Through restorative practices and compassionate accountability\, we create containers where members can explore hard truths\, deepen relationships\, and remain grounded in integrity and care. \nJoin us for the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society 2025 Annual Conference where together we will deepen our understanding of how group process supports movement through fear\, repair of relational ruptures\, and greater tolerance for difference. We will explore how cultivating empathy\, active listening\, and emotional honesty creates space for people to feel seen\, heard\, and understood\, building a framework for both personal insight and collective transformation. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration has ended: If you’ve registered already\, check your email inbox for confirmation emails and instructions from jan@egps.org with subject lines starting “EGPS Conference IN-PERSON DAY” and/or “EGPS Conference ONLINE DAY” for relevant instructions.
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-annual-conference-2025-online/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T213000
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SUMMARY:EGPS Annual Conference - Navigating Differences: Authenticity\, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups (Plenary)
DESCRIPTION:Navigating Differences:\nAuthenticity\, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn today’s climate of cultural and social division\, differences within groups can spark disconnection\, tension\, and misunderstanding. Yet\, when approached with openness and reflection\, these challenges can become powerful gateways to healing\, connection\, and growth.\nGroup work offers a vital space to transform conflict into curiosity and division into dialogue. As group leaders\, we are called to hold complexity: encouraging authentic expression while honoring safety and boundaries. Through restorative practices and compassionate accountability\, we create containers where members can explore hard truths\, deepen relationships\, and remain grounded in integrity and care. \nJoin us for the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society 2025 Annual Conference where together we will deepen our understanding of how group process supports movement through fear\, repair of relational ruptures\, and greater tolerance for difference. We will explore how cultivating empathy\, active listening\, and emotional honesty creates space for people to feel seen\, heard\, and understood\, building a framework for both personal insight and collective transformation. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration has ended: If you’ve registered already\, check your email inbox for confirmation emails and instructions from jan@egps.org with subject lines starting “EGPS Conference IN-PERSON DAY” and/or “EGPS Conference ONLINE DAY” for relevant instructions. \n  \n\nA Decolonial Approach to Psychoanalytically Informed Developmental Theory\, Case Formulation and Treatment\nDaniel Jose Gaztambide\, PsyD\nMost approaches to relational therapy depend on some theory of development to inform how clinicians think about the patient’s difficulties\, guiding case formulation and treatment. This focus\, however\, sometimes chafes with recent thinking on the role of sociocultural and political factors in psychotherapy. This presentation will bridge this gap through a theory and research-grounded review of the decolonial psychoanalytic perspective\, offering pragmatic tools for thinking about the relational/developmental and social/political as a matter of course.
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-annual-conference-plenary/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T120000
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SUMMARY:Deadline - EGPS Annual Conference Registration
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 13-15\, online and in NYC!\nThe registration deadline is Wednesday\, November 12 at noon Eastern.\n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/deadline-egps-annual-conference-registration/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251104
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Early Registration Rates for the EGPS Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 13-15\, online and in NYC! The final day to receive the early registration rate — a roughly 20% discount — is Monday\, November 3. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/early-registration-ends-2025/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T193000
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SUMMARY:Community Group Gathering for EGPS Members
DESCRIPTION:For all EGPS Members: \nPlease join us for our first Community Group Gathering of the current membership year. \nMonday\, October 27\, 6:15-7:30pm on Zoom \nThis is an opportunity for all members to have a conversation about EGPS\, by engaging members and leaders together. \n\nHow are we doing as a membership-centered group organization?\nWhat could be improved?\nHow could you help this happen?\n\n\nWe welcome comments\, suggestions\, and questions. Please feel free to post these to the EGPS members listserv\, because your ideas may spark others’ contributions and engagement. You may also contact EGPS President\, Joe Hovey\, directly at joehovey@gmail.com. \nWe hope these gatherings will stimulate your ideas for making EGPS a more vibrant group community. \nNot yet a member? Join us!
URL:https://egps.org/event/community-group-gathering-october-2025/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T214500
DTSTAMP:20260408T164516
CREATED:20250928T010552Z
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SUMMARY:WG4RE October Discussion Group: New Worlds Rising: Focusing on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
DESCRIPTION:Work Group for Racial Equity October Discussion Group:\nNew Worlds Rising: Focusing on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas\n\n\nHost: Virginia Seewaldt\, PhD \n\n\n\nIn honor of Indigenous People’s Day\, the Work Group for Racial Equity is celebrating the Indigenous People of the Americas. We invite you to prepare for the discussion group by watching the “New Worlds Rising” episode of the PBS documentary Series: Native America. You can watch it here\, New Worlds Rising (you may have to create an account\, but it is free to view on the website or through the PBS app). This episode documents the preservation of Native American life\, history\, and culture through acts of resistance\, small and large. An interview with Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier\, Amy Goodman Interview with Leonard Peltier.\n\n\n\nAlthough the aim of white supremacy is to engage in the erasure of Indigenous people using tactics such as referring to them in the past tense in history books and ignoring their contributions\, in the very existence in the present\, we can refuse to participate in the erasure of Indigenous people by actively staying informed and engaged with Indigenous history and what is occurring in present-day Indigenous communities.\n\n\n\nAdditional Resources \n\nThis is an article about the attempt to erase indigenous history: Erasing Indigenous History Then and Now\nWhat Native Land Am I On?\nBeyond Land Acknowledgements\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nNo fee to attend. All are welcome.
URL:https://egps.org/event/wg4re-october-2025-discussion/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Work Group for Racial Equity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251016
DTSTAMP:20260408T164516
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SUMMARY:Proposals Due: Expanding the Social Justice Frame in Group Work and Group Psychotherapy GROUP Journal Special Issue
DESCRIPTION:Expanding the Social Justice Frame in Group Work and Group Psychotherapy: This special issue of GROUP invites group psychotherapists\, psychoanalysts\, group work activists\, and scholars from around the world to contribute literature that centers social justice within therapeutic groups and organizations. “Therapeutic” refers to group work that addresses interpersonal and systemic harm with the intention of fostering a healing experience. \nSee the Call for Proposals by selecting the “Click here” button. Prospective authors may submit abstracts of up to 500 words to Christine Schmidt\, Guest Editor\, by October 15\, 2025.
URL:https://egps.org/event/proposals-due-expanding-the-social-justice-frame-in-group-work-and-group-psychotherapy-group-journal-special-issue/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T214500
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SUMMARY:WG4RE September Discussion Group: Impact of ACEs and Racial Trauma on the People We Serve and Our Practice
DESCRIPTION:Work Group for Racial Equity September Discussion Group: Impact of ACEs and Racial Trauma on the People We Serve and Our Practice\nWe will discuss the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Racial Trauma on our practice\, our clients\, and on ourselves as practitioners\, and explore ways to enhance our approaches and interventions in alignment with anti-racist principles. \nHosts: April Harvin and Chris Dolin \nResources\nVideo \n\nHow childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris | TED\n\nArticles \n\nIntersection of Racism and PTSD.  Monica Williams\nRacial Trauma\nStress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors\n\n\n\n \n\nNo fee to attend. All are welcome.
URL:https://egps.org/event/wg4re-september-2025-discussion/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Work Group for Racial Equity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250901
DTSTAMP:20260408T164516
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SUMMARY:Deadline Extended - EGPS Training Program in Group Psychotherapy Applications due August 31
DESCRIPTION:GROUP THERAPY IS HEALING IN COMMUNITY!\nAt a time of increasing need for relationships and community\, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society offers a Training Program in Group Psychotherapy that is designed to accommodate therapists and group leaders in clinics\, agencies\, and private practice. The program consists of three weekly components: Group Consultation\, Didactic Instruction\, and Experiential Group. The Training Program addresses racial and social justice issues in group work of all kinds. \n\n\nJust some of the areas covered: \n\n\nEarly Group Development\nPhases of Group Development\nOthering in Groups\nSystems of Power and Inequaliity\nRacial Dynamics in Groups\nRacial Affinity Groups\nNon-Verbal Communication in Group Work\nEmbodied Ethics\nLeader Interventions with Patients Experienced as Difficult\nTransference and Countertransference\n\n\nTrainees receive didactic instruction as well as guidance and consultation in how to begin and facilitate their own groups. For those who are already running groups\, participating in this program will help you understand the processes and dynamics occurring among your group members and address challenges with clarity. Trainees will also participate in an “Experiential” process group to have the in-vivo experience of being a group member.\n\nThe program meets weekly from September through June on Zoom. The Didactic and Experiential Group Components meet on Wednesdays from 7:15 – 10:00 PM ET. The dates and times for the Consultation Group component of the program will be determined.\n\nThe Training Program Faculty is composed of senior members of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society and the American Group Psychotherapy Association. \nA certificate is awarded upon completion of the program. The Training Program\, with an option for additional consultation\, is designed so that qualified applicants can use the educational and supervisory components toward inclusion in the International Board of Certification for Group Psychotherapy. \nFaculty members consult with our Dean of Curriculum as they prepare their courses; meet annually with an expert in intersectionality\, and are encouraged to engage in ongoing racial literacy and anti-oppression training. \nEach trainee will be paired with a mentor who has group experience to help you get your very own group up and running! \n\nTrainees will learn to:\n\nFacilitate intimate connections & difficult discussions\nRecognize the impact of systemic oppression on group dynamics\nExperience and study one’s own social location and how the aspects of identity\, power and privilege play out in groups\n\nExperience the Power of Group Work:\n\nIncreasing feelings of connection and decreases feelings of isolation\nFostering relationships and noticing obstacles to intimacy\nBeing part of a larger whole & recognize one’s impact\nSupporting and helping & being supported and helped.\n\n\nRolling Admissions until August 31st\, 2025: Submit your application immediately to be considered for the upcoming September\, 2025 – June\, 2026 class! \nTuition $5\,900 \nNeed based partial scholarships are available through the J. Dustin Nichols Scholarship Fund. \nA Reparations rate is available to cover partial tuition for Indigenous applicants and applicants of the African diaspora to enhance educational opportunities that have been historically denied. \n\n\n  \n\nFOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:\nCo-Deans of Admissions\nClaire Julian\, ClaireMJulian@gmail.com\nAshley Leeds\, LCSW\, ashley@leedspsychotherapy.com\,  917-900-2083\n\n\nFrom a former trainee: “The EGPS Training Program approaches group therapy from a whole range of theoretical perspectives. There’s not ‘just one way’ to run groups”\n\n\nThe EGPS Training Program in Group Psychotherapy was the recipient of an “Award for Outstanding Contributions in Education and Training in the Field of Group Psychotherapy” presented by the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMission: The EGPS Training Program is committed to providing training in group theory and processes that recognizes significant aspects of personal identity. The program seeks to facilitate understanding of the impact of systemic and institutional oppression on individuals and groups; and to counteract racism and white supremacy through teaching of anti-oppressive approaches to group work\, and through the process of administering the program. The program promotes racial literacy through anti-racism training\, and the incorporation of diverse racial and cultural perspectives through our faculty and curriculum. We are committed to racial justice through the provision of reparations funding for Black and Indigenous trainees.\n\nVision: Recognizing that traditional group psychotherapy has been defined by western white dominant patriarchal culture\, we envision group healing that draws on a greater variety of cultural practices and approaches to healing that seeks to not only to address the needs of individuals but of the greater society.
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-training-program-in-group-psychotherapy-application-deadline/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Training Program
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SUMMARY:EGPS WG4RE - "White Racial Identity Development and How Whiteness Harms White People"
DESCRIPTION:EGPS Work Group for Racial Equity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe EGPS Work Group for Racial Equity meets monthly to discuss relevant books\, films\, podcasts\, and articles. Further information can be found on the EGPS website at www.egps.org. \nJoin us! We are a “drop in group.” You are invited to participate whenever you can. Connect via a Zoom link on the third Tuesday evening of the month. To receive the link to join the  monthly meeting\, each month you will need to click on the “registration link” listed below. Once you have “registered” the Zoom link will automatically be sent to you.  (There is NO fee for attending these monthly Discussion Groups.) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEGPS Work Group for Racial Equity\nDiscussion GroupTUESDAY\, June 17\, 2025 \n8:30 – 9:45 PM\n(eastern time) \nOn Zoom\n(information to join the meeting is below) \nWhite Racial Identity Development and How Whiteness Harms White People \nFacilitated by Dr. Virginia Seewaldt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince 2020\, we have seen both a surge in anti-racism efforts and an intense backlash against them. As institutions retreat under political and cultural pressure\, we’re called to reflect more deeply on whiteness\, white racial identity\, and the less visible ways white supremacy harms white people too. \nThis collection of readings and podcasts for this month’s discussion group explores how white identity develops\, how white supremacy distorts white people’s sense of self and community\, and how anti-racism work can lead to personal (and ultimately collective) liberation. While white people benefit materially from systemic racism\, they also pay hidden emotional\, relational\, and moral costs. White supremacy isolates\, numbs\, and constrains. In contrast\, anti-racism opens the door to empathy\, clarity\, connection\, and integrity. Most white people don’t even know what they are missing in this regard\, and how much more capacity for humanity is available to them. \nJoin us as we come together in community to discuss this topic with openness\, humility\, and a shared commitment to learning and growth. \n10 ways white supremacy wounds white people: A tale of mutuality (article) \nTeaching While White Podcast Interview with Dr. Janet Helms ( podcast: 31 minutes) \nWhite Racial Identity and Anti-Racist Education: A Catalyst for Change (article) \nWhy talking about race is especially hard for White people (article) \nFrancesca Maxime Interview with Dr. Janet Helms (podcast: 1 hour 6 minutes) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo attend this free discussion you must register with the link below to receive access. \nClick Here to Sign-Up to receive the link for this Discussion \nTo attend this FREE discussion\, you much click the above link and complete the ‘registration form.’ After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the discussion.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEGPS Work Group for Racial Equity (WG4RE) Mission Statement\nThe Work Group for Racial Equity of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society aims to initiate opportunities for members to examine how racism is embedded in individuals’ unconscious\, in groups\, and in our organization. Utilizing a collaborative process\, the work group supports EGPS efforts to integrate awareness about race and racism in professional events and presentations.\nThe Work Group also seeks to enhance members’ understanding of the impact of institutional racism on their work\, encourages members’ examination of internalized racial oppression\, and works with the Board of Directors to strengthen our racial equity lens.\nHealing from racial injustice is a result of learning and struggling together. We hope all members will join EGPS in this work.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming Discussion:\nAll upcoming discussions will be held on  Zoom on\nTuesday evenings from 8:30 – 9:45 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHealing from racial injustice is a result of learning and struggling together. We hope you will join EGPS in this important work. \nFor more information\, please contact the Co-Chairs of the Work Group For Racial Equity:\nChris Dolin\, LCSW\, chrisdolin21@gmail.com\nor\nApril Harvin\, LCSW\,  aprilharvin.lcsw@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to join our email list click here
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-wg4re-june-17th-830-pm-on-zoom-white-racial-identity-development-and-how-whiteness-harms-white-people-no-fee-but-you-must-register/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:EGPS GROUP Journal Fireside Chat with Author Christine Schmidt
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next Fireside Chat\, featuring recent EGPS President\, Christine Schmidt\, LCSW\, CGP\, as we celebrate her latest article in the spring issue of GROUP! On Friday\, June 6\, 2025\, 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM\, we will discuss Christine’s upcoming article: “Confronting whiteness in short-term learning groups: How co-constructed group agreements encourage anti-racist emotional and intellectual learning.” The article is a thought-provoking piece that encourages group leaders to utilize a foundational element of group work\, the group agreement\, as an educational tool for anti-oppressive work. Additionally\, we will discuss Christine’s current group work\, writing process\, and any future projects that she may have on the horizon. Abstract: Whiteness is ubiquitous in groups that convene in a culture permeated by white supremacy. Whiteness thwarts learning in short-term psychoeducational learning groups and is bound to be enacted repeatedly. Whiteness will reconstitute itself until it is identified\, interrupted\, and the group is restored to collaborative learning. Co-constructed\, living group agreements\, rather than traditional group contracts\, offer facilitators of short-term learning groups a tool to address racial enactments and transform the white space to an anti-oppressive learning space. This article explains the benefits and provides a framework\, examples\, and suggestions for facilitators who seek to co-construct group agreements as an alternative to traditional group contracts. The article focuses on short-term psychoeducational learning groups but may also be applicable to other group constructs.\nThis is a free event open to all EGPS members and non-members. We ask that you kindly register by Thursday\, June 5th to receive the Zoom link.\n\nRegister here to receive the Zoom link.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-group-journal-fireside-chat-with-author-christine-schmidt/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group Journal
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