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• 2025 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group

  • Start
    Monday, September 08, 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    Monday, December 08, 2025
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    11:15 AM
  • Spaces left
    3

  NSGP Weekly Experiential Group 2025

  Join one of our stellar learning opportunities for building your skills

  The Experiential Group is a weekly training group for clinicians interested in developing skills and confidence as group leaders through experience as group members. Participants learn first hand about the powerful opportunities and complex challenges of small group dynamics. 

  The program will be facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP. 

  The training consists of 12 sessions, each 75 minutes in duration.

  Your registration indicates your commitment to attend.

  Sessions are held in person on 10 to 11:15 am on Mondays excluding holidays. The location is conveniently located three blocks from the Harvard Square T stop and there is on street parking available.

  WHEN:  

  September 8 to December 8 with the exception of Indigenous People’s Day on October 13 and Veterans Day on November 10.

  WHERE: This group will take place in person. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.

  Regular Rate  $375 

  Student/BIPOC Rate $187.50
  

  Learn more here before registering. 

  This program is limited to 8 participants.

  Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS per module for social workers, psychologists, and licensed mental health counselors. All participants also receive a complimentary one year Student membership to NSGP or comparable discount for another membership level.

  FINANCIAL AWARDS:  Scholarships may be available.  If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. Deadline to submit an application is August 25th.

  QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:   Contact Catalina Folch at catalina@reachma.org

  QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION & BILLING: Contact Anahit Khumaryan at support@nsgp.com

  DISCLAIMER: The Experiential Group is not a therapy group. Although participating in a training group may have therapeutic value, the goal is for learning about group dynamics and process rather than personal change and the leader will function with this in mind.

  
  

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• 2025-2026 Balint-oriented Monthly Consultation Group

  • Start
    Saturday, October 04, 2025
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  • End
    Saturday, March 07, 2026
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    3
  • Registered
    5 registrants

  Feeling burnt out? Looking for a reflective space?
  Join us for the next NSGP Monthly Zoom Consultation Group!

  ️Dates:
  October 2025 – March 2026
  1st Saturday of each month

  Time: 9:00–10:00 AM (ET)

  Session Dates:
  Oct 4 · Nov 1 · Dec 6 · Jan 3 · Feb 7 · Mar 7

  

  What to Expect:

  A closed group of up to 8 participants (minimum of 3) will meet monthly in a Balint-oriented frame to reflect on and explore challenges in clinical work and organizational dynamics.

  Cost:

  • $200 – NSGP Members

  • $250 – Non-Members

  • Equity rate available

  Registration Deadline: September 22, 2025

  Contact for More Information:

  • Ann Koplow – annjk53@hotmail.com

  • Mary Barnes – mary.barnes@tufts.edu

  Interested in learning more about this kind of work?
  Read Julie Anderson and Ann Koplow’s article on their Balint workshop experience in the Summer/Fall 2023 issue of NSGPeople.

  We look forward to seeing you there!

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• Breakfast Club: The Complexity of Leadership Roles Across Training, Supervision & Experiential Groups

  • When
    Sunday, December 07, 2025
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    11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Northampton, MA
  • Spaces left
    19

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• 2026 NSGP Principles of Group Psychotherapy Course

  • Start
    Sunday, January 04, 2026
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  • End
    Saturday, May 02, 2026
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Various
  • Spaces left
    2

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  NSGP Principles of Group Psychotherapy Course

  The Principles course consists of a Welcome Orientation and 5 day-long modules, each with a morning didactic and afternoon experiential portion. Each module will take a contextual, culturally sensitive approach to the effective integration and application of theory and practice. All modules will be held in person (with one exception as noted below) in the greater Boston area. The program will meet the didactic requirements for the CGP credential. 

  This course provides 30 CEs.
  

  The total cost for the program is $750 ($25 per training hour).

  You might be eligible for the NSGP Financial Scholarships or BIPOC Rate. For more information, go to the NSGP Scholarships webpage.

  Registration deadline: January 6th, 2026.

  Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.

  
  

  SPACE IS LIMITED – REGISTER TODAY!

  SCHEDULE

  - Welcome & Orientation

  Justin Hecht, PhD

  Sunday January 4, 2026, 3-3:45 PM

  Virtual (Zoom) – link will be emailed to registrants

  1. Foundations

  Mary Alicia Barnes, OT, OTD and Sasha Watkins, Ed.D., LMHC

  Saturday, January 10, 2026

  Newton Center, MA
  

  2. Structure and Dynamics

  Shunda McGahee, MD

  Saturday, February 28, 2026

  Virtual (Zoom)

  3. Formation and Development

  Gabriela Perez-Gil, LMHC, CGP, PSYA.D., and Cathy Dubois, PSY.D.

  Saturday, March 14, 2026

  Newton Center, MA

  4. Ethics, Neuroscience, IFS and Personal Style

  Annie Weiss, LICSW, CGP, FAGPA-F

  Saturday, April 11, 2026

  Newton Center, MA

  5. Leadership Tasks and Skills

  Justin Hecht, PhD, CGP, AGPA-F

  Saturday, May 2, 2026

  Location TBD

  The NSGP Training Committee is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive programming to group leaders, which include culturally informed and racially inclusive material. We look forward to welcoming you! 

   Annie Weiss, LICSW, CGP and Justin Hecht, PhD, Training Committee Co-Chairs

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