The Center for Group Studies
offers three certificate programs.
Our class format utilizes traditional
didactic approaches coupled
with an immersion in experiential
group process.
The following certificate
programs satisfy the American
Group Psychotherapy Association
(AGPA) course work requirement
for application for Certified
Group Psychotherapist (CGP).
• The
One Year Program
•
The Two
Year Program
•
The
Weekend Program
Classes in the one and two year programs meet for one and half hours per week
for 12 weeks per semester.
The weekend program meets
three weekends per year.
•
Staff
Development Training and Outreach
The Center for Group Studies
offers training programs tailored
to meet the specific needs
of your organization or agency.
One Year
Program in Group Leadership
This program is designed for
students working with groups
in educational, religious, health,
arts and business settings.
Coursework covers the foundations
of Modern Analytic theory and
technique. Students are expected
to complete a minimum of 20
sessions of a personal group
experience. Completion of this
program is a prerequisite for
entry into the Two Year Program.
Students learn how to:
• facilitate use of the
“here and now” experience
in developing meaningful relationships
• work through obstacles
blocking emotional communication
• recognize and utilize
the powerful feelings inherent
in any group
• help
members become vital, effective
group participants
•
recognize psychopathological
behavior
Two Year
Program in Group Analysis
This program is a continuation
of the One Year program and
provides advanced training
in working with groups in
clinical settings and deals
in greater depth with countertransference
and working with pre-oedipal
and difficult patients. It
further explores areas of
aggression in group work.
Students in the Two Year Program
are expected to complete a
minimum of 60 sessions of
a personal group experience.
Students learn how to:
• harness aggression
and use it as a powerful force
to enhance progressive emotional
communication
• translate the leader’s
induced feelings into effective
interventions that expand
and deepen the group process
• resolve resistances,
which free members to move
toward emotional maturity
• develop therapeutic
interventions in dealing with
difficult-to-treat group members
Training
Timeline
|
Semester
I |
Semester
II |
Semester
III |
Semester
IV |
Group
Theory and Method
1A-4A |
1A |
2A |
3A |
4A |
Group
Leadership
1B-4B |
1B |
2B |
3B |
4B |
Group
Experience |
Optional |
Required |
Required |
Required |
Group
Supervision |
Optional |
Optional |
Required |
Required |
The Weekend
Program
This unique three year program
attracts students from the
tri-state region, across the
United States and around the
world. It provides an opportunity
for students to participate
in intensive learning environment.
The program is comprised of:
• three learning weekends
per year
• a reading program,
in which the student works
directly with a faculty mentor
by e-mail or telephone
• supervision of group
work
Staff
Development Training and Outreach
The Center offers both short
term and ongoing programs
to community agencies, hospitals,
educational organizations
and businesses. These programs
can be customized to the needs
of your organization and may
be conducted in the convenience
of your own facility. For
organizations outside our
local region, we will arrange
to visit your facility to
provide intensive short term
or ongoing training programs
and supervisions. We have
found that a good working
model is a two day training
offered 3-4 times a year.
We are eager to work with
your agency or group to design
a program that best matches
your needs.
Continuing
Education
Continuing Education
is available for working professionals
who want to stay involved with
training. We offer ongoing electives,
specialized courses, distinguished
guest lectures, a summer workshop
program and supervision classes.
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