Full-Day Workshop (6.0 CEUs - see below for details)
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 | 8:15am - 5:15pm
First Unitarian Church of Rochester, 220 S Winton Road Rochester, NY
8:15am - 9:00am Registration, Mingling & Breakfast (included)
9:00am - 12:00pm Morning Workshop (w/ 15 break)
12:00pm - 1:45pm Lunch Break (on your own)
1:45pm - 5:15pm Afternoon Workshop (w/ 15 break, snack included)
5:30pm Join us for an informal happy hour for additional networking and socializing opportunities at TRATA (145 Culver Rd.)
Consultation Group
Sunday, November 17th, 2024 | 9:00am - 10:30am
1577 South Avenue Rochester, NY
A 90-minute, small group, experiential training to deepen exploration of the conference themes with our presenter.
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 | 8:15am - 5:15pm
First Unitarian Church of Rochester, 220 S Winton Road Rochester, NY
8:15am - 9:00am Registration, Mingling & Breakfast (included)
9:00am - 12:00pm Morning Workshop (w/ 15 break)
12:00pm - 1:45pm Lunch Break (on your own)
1:45pm - 5:15pm Afternoon Workshop (w/ 15 break, snack included)
5:30pm Join us for an informal happy hour for additional networking and socializing opportunities at TRATA (145 Culver Rd.)
Consultation Group
Sunday, November 17th, 2024 | 9:00am - 10:30am
1577 South Avenue Rochester, NY
A 90-minute, small group, experiential training to deepen exploration of the conference themes with our presenter.
How Mattering Matters in Psychotherapy:
An Attachment Theory Perspective
Presented by
Aaron Black, PhD, CGP
Saturday, November 16th & Sunday, November 17th, 2024
6.0 CEUs available for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, & PSYD/PHD!
An Attachment Theory Perspective
Presented by
Aaron Black, PhD, CGP
Saturday, November 16th & Sunday, November 17th, 2024
6.0 CEUs available for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, & PSYD/PHD!
Full-Day Workshop
Standard rate: $180
Agency rate: $120 *
Student rate: $40 **
* This discount may be used by anyone working in a non-profit setting.
** This discount may be used by anyone who is currently enrolled in a degree program.
Consultation Group
All participants: $70
No refunds issued after November 14th, 2024.
Onsite registration is available.
Standard rate: $180
Agency rate: $120 *
Student rate: $40 **
* This discount may be used by anyone working in a non-profit setting.
** This discount may be used by anyone who is currently enrolled in a degree program.
Consultation Group
All participants: $70
No refunds issued after November 14th, 2024.
Onsite registration is available.
NYSED Social Work Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of
Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social
Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. 6.0 live
in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial
attendance.
NYSED Mental Health Counselor Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social
Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State
Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed
mental health counselors #MHC-0008. 6.0 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance
is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
NYSED Marriage and Family Therapist Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of
Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's
State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for
licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0007. 6.0 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full
attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
NYSED Creative Arts Therapist Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social
Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State
Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed
creative arts therapists #CAT-0003. 6.0 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is
required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
NYSED Psychology Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of
Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for
Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0062. 6.0
live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for
partial attendance.
Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social
Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. 6.0 live
in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial
attendance.
NYSED Mental Health Counselor Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social
Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State
Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed
mental health counselors #MHC-0008. 6.0 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance
is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
NYSED Marriage and Family Therapist Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of
Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's
State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for
licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0007. 6.0 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full
attendance is required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
NYSED Creative Arts Therapist Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social
Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State
Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed
creative arts therapists #CAT-0003. 6.0 live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is
required. No partial credit is given for partial attendance.
NYSED Psychology Contact Hours: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of
Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for
Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0062. 6.0
live in-person contact hours are approved. Full attendance is required. No partial credit is given for
partial attendance.
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Upcoming Events
RAGPS Spring Conference
The Cultural Mother in Group Psychotherapy:
Deepening Our Engagement with Difference
Presented by Paul LePhuoc, PhD, CGP
April 12th & 13th, 2024
6.0 Approved CEUs available for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, and PSY!
Deepening Our Engagement with Difference
Presented by Paul LePhuoc, PhD, CGP
April 12th & 13th, 2024
6.0 Approved CEUs available for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, and PSY!
Description
For years, Paul has been developing a theory of difference — a way to blend the sociological and the psychological, to hold the social trauma of racism WHILE holding what we know about psychological and emotional development. In other words, how to hang onto the big picture without losing the individuals swimming within it.
He’s going to show us how to keep talking — and keep our clients talking — when conversations get difficult in the therapy room with individuals, couples, families and groups. And how to apply a psychoanalytic lens to what happens in society as a whole.
In Paul’s theory, we all share a “cultural mother”: the unseen but ever-present parental figure that we have conscious and unconscious relationships with. And as Paul says, “our cultural mother doesn’t love all her children equally.” When we begin with that idea in mind, we can examine transferences to each other, and to culture and society with more curiosity, openness and interest.
One more point: Paul said that it’s important to establish “a floor and a ceiling” with conversations about culture, inequity, racism and the like, i.e. staying grounded, and making efforts to regulate and co-regulate. Any conversation in this realm has the potential to be disruptive to our nervous systems for so many reasons.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, attendees will be able to:
For years, Paul has been developing a theory of difference — a way to blend the sociological and the psychological, to hold the social trauma of racism WHILE holding what we know about psychological and emotional development. In other words, how to hang onto the big picture without losing the individuals swimming within it.
He’s going to show us how to keep talking — and keep our clients talking — when conversations get difficult in the therapy room with individuals, couples, families and groups. And how to apply a psychoanalytic lens to what happens in society as a whole.
In Paul’s theory, we all share a “cultural mother”: the unseen but ever-present parental figure that we have conscious and unconscious relationships with. And as Paul says, “our cultural mother doesn’t love all her children equally.” When we begin with that idea in mind, we can examine transferences to each other, and to culture and society with more curiosity, openness and interest.
One more point: Paul said that it’s important to establish “a floor and a ceiling” with conversations about culture, inequity, racism and the like, i.e. staying grounded, and making efforts to regulate and co-regulate. Any conversation in this realm has the potential to be disruptive to our nervous systems for so many reasons.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Describe two components of the theory of the Cultural Mother.
- Explain how the Cultural Mother impacts group members’ transferences.
- Explain how the Cultural Mother impacts the group leader’s countertransference.
- List ways of building insulation for members when systems of oppression are stimulated and revived.
- Discuss modern analytic concepts and techniques that are useful in exploring difference in group.
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Presenter
Paul LePhuoc, PhD CGP is a licensed psychologist and a Certified Group Psychotherapist in Houston, Texas, where he maintains a full-time private practice that includes both solo and co-leadership of therapy and training groups. He is a graduate of the Center for Group Studies program in Modern Analytic Group Leadership. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and has served on the Board of the Houston Group Psychotherapy Society and the International Board for the Certification of Group Psychotherapists for the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He has presented at the local and national level on the topics of race, difference and psychoanalytic group psychotherapy, and has led training groups on Modern Analytic group psychotherapy in St. Petersburg, Russia, through the Center for Group Studies. |
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Events
Full-Day Workshop, Friday, April 12th, 2024
First Unitarian Church of Rochester, 220 S Winton Road Rochester, NY
8:15am - 9:00am Registration, Mingling & Breakfast (included)
9:00am - 12:00pm Morning Workshop (w/ 15 break)
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Workshop (w/ 15 break, snack included)
5:30pm Join us for an informal happy hour for additional networking and socializing opportunities at TRATA (145 Culver Rd).
Consultation Group, Saturday, April 13th, 2024
1577 South Avenue Rochester, NY
10:00am - 11:30am
A 90-minute, small group, experiential training to deepen exploration of the conference themes with our presenter.
Full-Day Workshop, Friday, April 12th, 2024
First Unitarian Church of Rochester, 220 S Winton Road Rochester, NY
8:15am - 9:00am Registration, Mingling & Breakfast (included)
9:00am - 12:00pm Morning Workshop (w/ 15 break)
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Workshop (w/ 15 break, snack included)
5:30pm Join us for an informal happy hour for additional networking and socializing opportunities at TRATA (145 Culver Rd).
Consultation Group, Saturday, April 13th, 2024
1577 South Avenue Rochester, NY
10:00am - 11:30am
A 90-minute, small group, experiential training to deepen exploration of the conference themes with our presenter.
Conference Fees
In addition to the student rate, we are now offering an agency rate to accommodate the variety of professionals working in non-profit settings attending our conferences. This discount can be used by anyone working in a non-profit setting.
Friday Workshop (6.0 CEUs*)
Standard rate: $180
Agency rate: $120
Student rate: $40
Saturday
Consultation Group: $70
* NYSED CEUs are provided by the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education. 6 live online contact hours are approved for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, and PSY. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
No refunds issued after April 10th, 2024. Onsite registration is available.
In addition to the student rate, we are now offering an agency rate to accommodate the variety of professionals working in non-profit settings attending our conferences. This discount can be used by anyone working in a non-profit setting.
Friday Workshop (6.0 CEUs*)
Standard rate: $180
Agency rate: $120
Student rate: $40
Saturday
Consultation Group: $70
* NYSED CEUs are provided by the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education. 6 live online contact hours are approved for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, and PSY. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
No refunds issued after April 10th, 2024. Onsite registration is available.
Save The Date!
RAGPS 2024 Fall Conference
How Mattering Matters in Psychotherapy: An Attachment Theory Perspective
Aaron Black, PhD
Saturday, November 16th & Sunday, November 17th, 2024
Aaron Black, PhD
Saturday, November 16th & Sunday, November 17th, 2024
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Mark your calendars! Our very own Dr. Aaron Black will be presenting at our next conference!
Dr. Aaron Black holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester and has been in private practice in Rochester, NY, since 1996, where he treats individuals, couples, and groups and provides clinical consultation and supervision. Additionally, he leads training groups and workshops nationally and writes about attachment theory, modern psychoanalysis, and group psychotherapy. He is a Fellow and a past Board Member of American Group Psychotherapy Association, and on the faculty at the Center for Group Studies in NYC. Dr. Black is the 2024 winner of the Harold Bernard Group Psychotherapy Training Award for outstanding contributions in education and training in the field of group psychotherapy. His most recent publication (co-authored with Dr. Ellen Wright) is entitled, “Modern psychoanalytic group therapy online: Adaptations of theory and technique,” and appears in the edited volume, The Virtual Group Therapy Circle. |
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