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    <title>Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:02:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, July 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, July 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, July 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, July 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, July 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, July 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, July 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, August 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, August 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, August 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, August 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, August 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, August 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, August 25, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, August 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, September 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, September 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, September 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, September 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, September 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, September 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, October 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, October 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, October 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, October 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, October 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, October 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, October 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, October 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, October 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, October 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, October 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, November 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, November 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, November 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, November 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, November 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, November 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 2 (Tuesday, November 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 2 (Tuesdays) &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;operates in a hybrid fashion (i.e., every other week in-person and online).&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Observers can be in the room, or on zoom, enabling observation from distant locations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Joel Krieg, LICSW, CGP and Julie Anderson, PhD, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</link>
      <guid>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6443828</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Observation Group 1 (Thursday, November 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;NSGP and The Brookline Center invites Boston-area clinicians to observe and learn from our most seasoned group therapists in this enriching professional development series.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;The Center hosts two Observation Groups that run throughout the year as part of our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/services/group-counseling/"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;group therapy program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For clinicians seeking to become more skilled in group therapy, the Observation Groups offer the opportunity to witness, discuss, and better understand how to lead process-oriented groups. Each Observation Group is led by senior clinicians who are recognized experts in the field.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 (Thursdays) holds in-person sessions full-time. &amp;nbsp;Please know that the in-person sessions take place in The Brookline Center’s conference room, which is completely ADA accessible.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;Observation Group 1 is led by Jeff Brand, Psy.D. and Amy Matias, LICSW, Ph.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.brooklinecenter.org/careers/community-professional-development/observation-groups-2/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn more and register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, November 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, November 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, December 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NSGP Weekly Experiential Group (Monday, December 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;NSGP Weekly Experiential Group&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;Join one of our stellar learning opportunities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#25408F"&gt;for building your skills&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The program is facilitated by Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;September 21 to December 14 (not including Indigenous People’s Day)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;This group takes place in person in Cambridge. The location will be emailed to all registered and paid participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Completion of the Experience Group and submission of an online evaluation offers CEUS 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This program is limited to 8 participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Scholarships may be available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If funds are available, partial scholarships will be awarded based on application strength, financial need, passion/interest for group therapy, and involvement in NSGP. See below&amp;nbsp; to learn more about &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/page-18144"&gt;NSGP's SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NOTE - Scholarship Applications are due by August 25, 2026 to be considered. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STUDENT &amp;amp; BIPOC RATES AVAILABLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Contact Cathy DuBois at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Catherine_dubois@williamjames.edu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION &amp;amp; BILLING:&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Anahit Khumaryan at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:support@nsgp.com"&gt;support@nsgp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;: 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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click &lt;a href="https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Accreditation%20Statements/NSGP%20CE%20Language%20CE%20Language%20Mod%201.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read/download the previous CE Accreditation Statement for the EG.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nsgp.wildapricot.org/event-6727114</link>
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