Upcoming Events
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RAGPS Happy Hour
Thursday, May 14th, 5-7pm Lila’s in the Hampton Inn Lobby 101 S Union St Rochester, NY 14607 |
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2026 Fall Conference
November 6th and 7th, 2026
Joining Psyche and Soma in Group Therapy: The Use of Immediacy as Emotional Bridge
Chap Atwell & Liz Stewart
November 6th and 7th, 2026
Joining Psyche and Soma in Group Therapy: The Use of Immediacy as Emotional Bridge
Chap Atwell & Liz Stewart
More information and registration will be forthcoming.
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Dr. Chap Attwell served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (adjunct), where he directed the group therapy curriculum and the NYU/Bellevue Psychiatry Residency Process Group Program for 10 years. For 16 years he also served as the Clinical Director of the Medical Student Mental Health Service.
Dr. Attwell obtained his MD degree from Baylor College of Medicine and his MPH degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, Texas; pursued residency training in Psychiatry at NYU/Bellevue in New York City; and graduated from the adult program in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York (PANY, affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine). Dr. Attwell is an advanced candidate at the Center for Group Studies in New York City. Dr. Attwell works from his private practice in Dobbs Ferry, NY where he specializes in the training group function for psychiatrists, physicians, and all manner of mental health professionals at the national level. He enjoys blending the practice of medicine, the soul of psychiatry, and the art of group therapy in his favorite research area—decoding body language as bridge to emotional immediacy. Dr. Attwell is also passionate about the interface of the peripheral retina with its multiple connections to the limbic, proprioceptive, and auditory systems, specifically re: photonic modulation and therapeutic interventions. When not at work, Dr. Attwell enjoys down time through a yoga practice and hanging out with his family, large hounds, and writing notebooks. |
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Liz Stewart is a Rolfing® Structural Integration practitioner, somatic educator, and group supervisor based in Boulder, Colorado. She has been in practice since 1992, with foundational training through the Guild for Structural Integration and later study in supervision through Oxford Brookes University.
Liz’s professional roots are in the body. For more than three decades, she has taught Structural Integration primarily through continuing education, while also offering mentoring and supervision in both individual and group formats. Over time, group work has become a central part of her practice. Her work now centers on supporting people in the helping professions, including embodiment-based practitioners, bodyworkers, and coaches. She facilitates supervision groups and reflective spaces for those who want a deeper, more grounded relationship to their work. She helps practitioners slow down and listen not only to what is being said, but to what is happening in the body, the nervous system, and the space between people. Her approach integrates somatic awareness, attachment theory, nervous system regulation, group dynamics, and psychoanalytic perspectives, including modern psychoanalysis and Lacanian thought. She pays close attention to what is carried in the body and what emerges in relationship, especially in moments shaped by authority, uncertainty, belonging, exclusion, and change. Liz’s work supports practitioners in becoming more aware of how they listen, respond, hold emotion, and take up space in their professional roles. Her work is known for being attuned, relational, and quietly transformative, creating space for people to feel met, supported, and more fully present in what they do. |
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Save the Date!
2027 Spring Conference
April 2 & 3, 2027
Carlos Canales, Psy.D., FAGPA
April 2 & 3, 2027
Carlos Canales, Psy.D., FAGPA
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