Our Faculty

The faculty of The Center for Group Studies is a group of mental health professionals from diverse backgrounds with advanced degrees in social work, psychology,  psychoanalysis and other mental health disciplines. All have many years of practicing group therapy/leadership in private practice and agency settings. Our faculty regularly present at local, national and international conferences and have published articles in established journals.

FACULTY CREDENTIALS

Joseph Acosta, MA, LPC, CGP, AGPA-F
Wayne Ayers, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Aaron Black, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, CGP, AGPA-F
Michael Brook, Ph.D., LP, LMFT, CGP
Alice Brown, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, CGP
Gail A. Brown, MA, LP, CGP
Jeanne L. Bunker, LCSW, CGP
Judith Charnet, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, NCPsyA
Phyllis Cohen, Ph.D., LP, CGP, AGPA-F
Joan Coll, M.D., CP, CGA
Hilary C. Curtis, Psy.D., LMHC, CGP
David Dumais, MSW, LCSW, CGP
Susan Frankel, MSW, LCSW, CGP
Martha Gunzburg, MSW, LCSW, LP, CGP
Michael Hegener, MA, LCP, CGP, AGPA-F
Lucy Holmes, Ph.D., MSW, LMSW, LP, CGP
Nancy Kelly, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP
Jack Kirman, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Elizabeth Lanier, DCSW, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, CGP
Ronnie Levine, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, ABPP, CGP, AGPA-F
Janice Morris, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, CGP, AGPA-F
Jordan Price, MSW, LCSW, CGP
Janet Resnick, Ph.D., LP, LMFT, CFAAMFT
Wilma Selenfriend, MSW
Marie T. Sergent, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, CGP, AGPA-F
George E. Shapiro, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Rhoda Shapiro, MSW, LCSW, CGP
Gil Spielberg, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, ABPP
Ginger Sullivan, MA, LPC, CGP, AGPA-F
Mary Sussillo, MSW, LCSW, CGP, AGPA-F
Ellen Wright, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, NCPsyA
Elliot Zeisel, Ph.D, LCSW, LP, CGP, AGPA-DF

 Key to Abbreviations:

ABPP          American Board of Professional Psychology
AGPA       American Group Psychotherapy Association
AGPA-DF   AGPA-Distinguished Fellow
AGPA-F   AGPA-Fellow
CFAAMFT  Clinical Fellow American Association of MFTs
CGA            Certified Group Analyst (IGA)
CGP            Certified Group Psychotherapist (AGPA)
CP            Certified Psychotherapist (FEAP)
DCSW        Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
FEAP       European Association for Psychotherapy
IGA        Institute of Group Psychoanalysis
LCSW         Licensed in Clinical Social Work
LMSW        Licensed Master of Social Work
LP               Licensed Psychoanalyst
LPC            Licensed Professional Counselor
LMFT         Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
MFT           Marriage and Family Therapist
MSSW        Master of Science in Social Work
MSW          Master of Social Work
NCPsyA     Nationally Certified Psychoanalyst (NAAP)