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SUMMARY:EGPS Work Group for Racial Equity Studio Museum Visit & Social Event
DESCRIPTION:The EGPS Work Group for Racial Equity (WG4RE) invites you to join us for a year-end social evening on Friday\, July 24 and a kickoff social evening on Friday\, September 18. \nBoth evenings\, we will meet in the lobby of the Studio Museum in Harlem (144 West 125th St between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox Avenues) at 5:30pm. We will walk through the recently\, beautifully renovated exhibit spaces and then continue the party at a nearby restaurant. \nAll are welcome! No prior participation in WG4RE events necessary. In fact\, please invite your non-EGPS friends. We don’t have a budget for this\, so museum admission (pay what you can) and food/drink are on you. \nPlease RSVP to WG4RE co-chairs April Harvin (aprilharvin.lcsw@gmail.com; (917) 498-5898) or Chris Dolin (chrisdolin21@gmail.com; (917) 363-4398) so we know to look out for you and can let you know where we’ve reserved space for dinner.
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-work-group-for-racial-equity-studio-museum-visit-social-event-july/
LOCATION:Studio Museum\, 144 W 125th Street New York\, NY 10027\, New York\, New York\, 10027
CATEGORIES:Work Group for Racial Equity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Training Program Applications Due
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://egps.org/event/deadline-training-program-applications-due/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Training Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T173000
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SUMMARY:EGPS Work Group for Racial Equity Studio Museum Visit & Social Event
DESCRIPTION:The EGPS Work Group for Racial Equity (WG4RE) invites you to join us for a year-end social evening on Friday\, July 24 and a kickoff social evening on Friday\, September 18. \nBoth evenings\, we will meet in the lobby of the Studio Museum in Harlem (144 West 125th St between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox Avenues) at 5:30pm. We will walk through the recently\, beautifully renovated exhibit spaces and then continue the party at a nearby restaurant. \nAll are welcome! No prior participation in WG4RE events necessary. In fact\, please invite your non-EGPS friends. We don’t have a budget for this\, so museum admission (pay what you can) and food/drink are on you. \nPlease RSVP to WG4RE co-chairs April Harvin (aprilharvin.lcsw@gmail.com; (917) 498-5898) or Chris Dolin (chrisdolin21@gmail.com; (917) 363-4398) so we know to look out for you and can let you know where we’ve reserved space for dinner.
URL:https://egps.org/event/egps-work-group-for-racial-equity-studio-museum-visit-social-event-sept/
LOCATION:Studio Museum\, 144 W 125th Street New York\, NY 10027\, New York\, New York\, 10027
CATEGORIES:Work Group for Racial Equity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T133000
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SUMMARY:Group Journal Fireside Chat: "Taking Off Our Shoes: Radical Empathy as an Intentional Strategy in Group Therapy" with Keith Fadelici\, LCSW\, CGP & John Lutz\, Ph.D
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with GROUP authors Keith Fadelici\, LCSW\, CGP & John Lutz\, Ph.D \nFree ZOOM event\nHosted by the GROUP Journal Committee \nFocusing on their article in GROUP (Volume 49\, Number 4\, Winter 2025): \nTaking Off Our Shoes: Radical Empathy as an Intentional Strategy in Group Therapy \nArticle Abstract: \nEmpathy is essential to the successful practice of group therapy and is part of an intentional process involving concrete strategies such as suspension of judgment\, responsiveness\, receptivity\, vulnerability\, attentive listening\, and openness to other perspectives. In contrast to the traditional medical model employing objectivity and a detached rational assessment\, it entails entering the world of the other\, nonjudgmental acceptance\, and an authentic presentation of identity. These characteristics allow for the transformative practice of radical empathy in the psychotherapeutic group process. Radical empathy employs emotion\, intellect\, and imagination in a holistic process of engagement that allows the group leader to assess group connections as they form and cultivate real and lasting change in the group leader and clients alike. \nThis is a free event open to all EGPS members and non-members. \nJoin us! Please sign up by Wednesday 9/23.
URL:https://egps.org/event/group-journal-fireside-chat-sept-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group Journal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T193000
DTSTAMP:20261023T181519Z
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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. \nThursday\, October 29\, from 6:15-7:30m 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\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. \n\nNot yet a member? Join us!
URL:https://egps.org/event/community-group-gathering-october-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTSTAMP:20261023T150449Z
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Early Registration Rates for the 2026 EGPS Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 12-14\, online and in NYC! The final day to receive the early registration rate — a roughly 20% discount — is Friday\, October 30. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/early-registration-ends-2026/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T110000
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: Talking About Sex in Group Therapy: Exploring Desire\, Aggression\, Shame\, and Connection - Juliane Maxwald
DESCRIPTION:Location: Virtually on Zoom \nDescription: Sexuality is often present in group therapy long before anyone actually talks about sex. It can emerge through desire\, flirtation\, humor\, silence\, competition\, shame\, attraction\, avoidance\, or simply a shift in the emotional temperature of the room. This seminar explores sexuality as part of the unconscious relational life of the group and considers the ways desire\, aggression\, shame\, and stimulation become intertwined. Drawing on psychoanalytic sex therapy\, relational theory\, trauma-informed thinking\, and group process\, we will pay particular attention to how groups defend against or regulate sexual and aggressive material\, how leaders may participate in these processes\, and how countertransference and embodied responses can become useful sources of clinical information. Through didactic material\, clinical examples\, an experiential group process\, and discussion\, participants will consider how to create enough safety and containment for difficult material to become thinkable and speakable without shutting down the intensity and aliveness that can make group work transformative.\n \nPresenter Bio: \nJuliane Maxwald is a licensed psychoanalyst\, AASECT-certified sex therapist\, author\, and educator with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She teaches and supervises across a variety of psychoanalytic and sex therapy institutes and training programs. Her clinical and teaching work integrates relational psychoanalysis\, sex therapy\, and trauma-informed approaches\, with a particular interest in the unconscious meanings of sexuality\, desire\, shame\, and relational experience. She is the author of Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality (Routledge\, 2026) and maintains a private practice in New York City working with individuals and couples. \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-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T200000
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SUMMARY:Registration Deadline: EGPS Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Register by Tuesday\, November 10\, at 8:00pm Eastern\, to join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 12-14\, online and in NYC! \nGroups have long been understood as circles—spaces of gathering\, reflection\, desire\, and shared meaning-making. Yet circles are rarely calm or stable for long. At times\, they hold heat: conflict\, urgency\, fear\, and the intensity of difference. In the current moment\, many groups find themselves organized around these very forces\, as polarization\, mistrust\, and social fracture permeate clinical\, organizational\, and public life. \nWhat does it mean to lead when the circle is on fire? \n  \n\n  \nThis conference explores the challenges of leadership in groups charged with anxiety\, division\, and moral tension. Leaders today are called not only to facilitate dialogue\, but to withstand and work within powerful affective currents. These dynamics often contribute to harm and defensive processes such as splitting\, scapegoating\, withdrawal\, and the hardening of positions that foreclose curiosity and mutual recognition. \nAt the same time\, difference—of identity\, experience\, power\, and perspective—remains both a source of vitality and a site of profound strain within groups. How do leaders engage difference without either collapsing it into false consensus or amplifying it into irreparable rupture? How can conflict be worked with rather than extinguished or inflamed? What capacities are required to remain present\, thoughtful\, and ethically grounded when the group itself feels volatile or combustible? \n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/registration-deadline-egps-annual-conference/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T213000
DTSTAMP:20261029T155543Z
CREATED:20260423T024421Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Conference Plenary - FIRE in the CIRCLE: Leading through Fear\, Desire\, Turbulence\, and Division (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 12-14\, online and in NYC! \nGroups have long been understood as circles—spaces of gathering\, reflection\, desire\, and shared meaning-making. Yet circles are rarely calm or stable for long. At times\, they hold heat: conflict\, urgency\, fear\, and the intensity of difference. In the current moment\, many groups find themselves organized around these very forces\, as polarization\, mistrust\, and social fracture permeate clinical\, organizational\, and public life. \nWhat does it mean to lead when the circle is on fire? \n  \n\n  \nThis conference explores the challenges of leadership in groups charged with anxiety\, division\, and moral tension. Leaders today are called not only to facilitate dialogue\, but to withstand and work within powerful affective currents. These dynamics often contribute to harm and defensive processes such as splitting\, scapegoating\, withdrawal\, and the hardening of positions that foreclose curiosity and mutual recognition. \nAt the same time\, difference—of identity\, experience\, power\, and perspective—remains both a source of vitality and a site of profound strain within groups. How do leaders engage difference without either collapsing it into false consensus or amplifying it into irreparable rupture? How can conflict be worked with rather than extinguished or inflamed? What capacities are required to remain present\, thoughtful\, and ethically grounded when the group itself feels volatile or combustible? \n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/2026-annual-conference-plenary/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T184500
DTSTAMP:20261029T155630Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Conference - FIRE in the CIRCLE: Leading through Fear\, Desire\, Turbulence\, and Division (Live Online Day)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 12-14\, online and in NYC! \nGroups have long been understood as circles—spaces of gathering\, reflection\, desire\, and shared meaning-making. Yet circles are rarely calm or stable for long. At times\, they hold heat: conflict\, urgency\, fear\, and the intensity of difference. In the current moment\, many groups find themselves organized around these very forces\, as polarization\, mistrust\, and social fracture permeate clinical\, organizational\, and public life. \nWhat does it mean to lead when the circle is on fire? \n  \n\n  \nThis conference explores the challenges of leadership in groups charged with anxiety\, division\, and moral tension. Leaders today are called not only to facilitate dialogue\, but to withstand and work within powerful affective currents. These dynamics often contribute to harm and defensive processes such as splitting\, scapegoating\, withdrawal\, and the hardening of positions that foreclose curiosity and mutual recognition. \nAt the same time\, difference—of identity\, experience\, power\, and perspective—remains both a source of vitality and a site of profound strain within groups. How do leaders engage difference without either collapsing it into false consensus or amplifying it into irreparable rupture? How can conflict be worked with rather than extinguished or inflamed? What capacities are required to remain present\, thoughtful\, and ethically grounded when the group itself feels volatile or combustible? \n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/2026-annual-conference-live-online-day/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T193000
DTSTAMP:20261029T155659Z
CREATED:20260423T024951Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Conference - FIRE in the CIRCLE: Leading through Fear\, Desire\, Turbulence\, and Division (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the EGPS Annual Conference\, November 12-14\, online and in NYC! \nGroups have long been understood as circles—spaces of gathering\, reflection\, desire\, and shared meaning-making. Yet circles are rarely calm or stable for long. At times\, they hold heat: conflict\, urgency\, fear\, and the intensity of difference. In the current moment\, many groups find themselves organized around these very forces\, as polarization\, mistrust\, and social fracture permeate clinical\, organizational\, and public life. \nWhat does it mean to lead when the circle is on fire? \n  \n\n  \nThis conference explores the challenges of leadership in groups charged with anxiety\, division\, and moral tension. Leaders today are called not only to facilitate dialogue\, but to withstand and work within powerful affective currents. These dynamics often contribute to harm and defensive processes such as splitting\, scapegoating\, withdrawal\, and the hardening of positions that foreclose curiosity and mutual recognition. \nAt the same time\, difference—of identity\, experience\, power\, and perspective—remains both a source of vitality and a site of profound strain within groups. How do leaders engage difference without either collapsing it into false consensus or amplifying it into irreparable rupture? How can conflict be worked with rather than extinguished or inflamed? What capacities are required to remain present\, thoughtful\, and ethically grounded when the group itself feels volatile or combustible? \n 
URL:https://egps.org/event/2026-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T123000
DTSTAMP:20261105T172757Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: On the Conditions of Care for Speaking About Racial Trauma and Othering - Betty Teng
DESCRIPTION:Location: Virtually on Zoom \nDescription: \nWhat makes it possible to speak openly about racial trauma and othering\, particularly in settings meant to offer safety and care? What happens when these experiences are met with silence\, defensiveness\, or disbelief? \nDrawing on her paper published in Psychoanalytic Inquiry\, Betty Teng explores the psychological\, emotional\, and relational challenges of speaking about racial trauma\, and the conditions that enable—or inhibit—these difficult conversations. At the heart of this exploration is Care\, understood as both a therapeutic and political act. This interactive seminar invites clinicians to consider how vulnerability\, power\, self-regulation\, and witnessing shape our capacity to create spaces where painful truths can be spoken\, heard\, and meaningfully engaged\, both in individual treatment and in groups. \nPresenter Bio: \n \nBetty Teng\, LCSW\, MFA\, is a psychoanalyst\, writer\, and teacher in New York City. She is the author of “My Analytic Romance: The Good\, The Bad and The Ugly\,” published in Psychoanalytic Inquiry’s special issue on “The Patient Experience\,” and a contributing essayist to Adam Phillips’ The Cure for Psychoanalysis. She is also co-author of the New York Times bestselling The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump\, founding co-host of the podcast Mind of State\, and co-editor of its companion book\, Mind of State: Conversations on the Psychological Conflicts Stirring U.S. Politics and Society\, a finalist for the Gradiva Award. She serves on the faculty of the Manhattan Institute of Psychoanalysis and works with adult individuals and couples in private practice in New York City. \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-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270126T201500
DTSTAMP:20261023T182628Z
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SUMMARY:Community Group Gathering for EGPS Members
DESCRIPTION:For all EGPS Members: \nPlease join us for our second Community Group Gathering of the current membership year. \nTuesday\, January 26\, from 7:00-8:15pm 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\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. \n\nNot yet a member? Join us!
URL:https://egps.org/event/community-group-gathering-january-2027/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270309T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270309T213000
DTSTAMP:20261023T182614Z
CREATED:20261023T182614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T182614Z
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SUMMARY:Community Group Gathering for EGPS Members
DESCRIPTION:For all EGPS Members: \nPlease join us for our third Community Group Gathering of the current membership year. \nTuesday\, March 9 from 8:15-9:30pm 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\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. \n\nNot yet a member? Join us!
URL:https://egps.org/event/community-group-gathering-march-2027/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270527T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270527T211500
DTSTAMP:20261023T184257Z
CREATED:20261023T183141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T184257Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:For all EGPS Members: \nPlease join us for our 2027 Annual Membership Meeting. \nThursday\, May 27\, 8:00-9:15pm on Zoom \nAll EGPS members are welcome! \nWe’ll review our last year and look forward to the next\, introducing the newly elected Board members\, and also offering opportunities for conversation amongst members and leaders of EGPS. \n\nNot yet a member? Join us!
URL:https://egps.org/event/annual-membership-meeting-2027/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings
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