Dr. Roth has recommended two readings prior to attending the conference: 1) a paper that was published in a book about applications of the work of Bion, Alcoholics Anonymous as Medical Treatment for Alcoholism: A Group-analytic Perspective on How it Works, in Building on Bion: Branches, ed. Robert M. Lipgar and Malcolm Pines, Jessica Kingsley […]
March 20, 2013
by Margo London, LICSW, CGP
ML: We are so pleased you will be presenting at the next MAGPS cinema series. I know you two have presented several films together; tell me about that as we begin. MF and SK: “We have a close family relationship as in-laws — we are married to siblings — so we have known each other […]
March 9, 2013
by Trish Cleary
Interviewed by Trish Cleary, MS, LCPC-MFT-ADC, CGP, FAGPA Dr. Jeffrey D. Roth is an addictions psychiatrist and group psychotherapist. He graduated from Yale University Medical School and did his residency in psychiatry at the University of Chicago. Dr. Roth is the past-president of the Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations. He is […]
January 12, 2013
by Lenore Pomerance, LICSW, CGP
Dear MAGPS and friends, The two recent MAGPS Cinema Series offerings are a pair of movies depicting the lives and struggles of gays. The first, The Celluloid Closet we saw on December 1. We’ll show the second movie, Bear Cub on Saturday February 2, 2013 at Lorraine Wodiska’s house. Gordon Cohen, PsyD, has been our […]
January 6, 2013
by Rob Willliams
Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction Jeffrey D. Roth, MD, FAGPS, FASAM April 20 & 21, 2013 Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC Addiction is a disease of isolation. Recovery occurs in groups. Group psycotherapy and mutual support groups are the ideal combination of group experiences to foster recovery from addiction. This conference will demonstrate experientially the […]
November 9, 2012
by Rob Willliams
Rob: Can you tell me Gordon, how you first got the idea for this presentation in our cinema series? Gordon: Well, back in 2003 when I first spoke with Trish Cleary, she told me about the MAGPS cinema series. I thought that it was a wonderful, creative and dynamic way for therapists to come together, […]
October 10, 2012
by Rob Williams, MBA, LICSW, CGP
Dr. Ann O’Malley, a clinical psychologist in private practice in Fairfax, VA interviewed Dr. Leszcz to help us learn more about what we might expect from him and the upcoming conference in Solomon’s MD. Ann: Tell me how you got involved in group therapy. Was it a large component of your graduate training? If not, […]
April 5, 2013
by Rob Willliams
0