The Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society (MAGPS) was among the first regional affiliates to be organized by the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
In 1957, a small group headed by Edward Ascher of Baltimore, Maryland started MAGPS. By 1963, an executive board, by-laws, and regular educational meetings were in place. The Society has thrived ever since, fostering the growth and quality of group psychotherapy and providing a space where practitioners of all disciplines can come together for personal and professional development.
Over the years MAGPS has provided intimate retreats; large conferences; a newsletter and website with both organizational news and clinical articles written by members; training programs; a membership directory; scholarships; and leadership training.
MAGPS has hosted three AGPA national meetings, the most recent in February, 2008. MAGPS has entered into training partnerships with other local institutions. MAGPS proudly claims among its membership a large number of leaders in the field of group psychotherapy including those honored with nationally recognized awards such as the prestigious Distinguished Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association award.
Today, MAGPS continues the mission developed by the founders to provide training and education in group psychotherapy. MAGPS remains one of the few affiliated societies that is truly regional, serving and drawing on the talents of group therapists from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Past Presidents
1962 Edward Asher
1963 Leon Lurie
1964 William Lordi
1965 Beryce MacLennan
1966 Isaiah Zimmerman
1967 Morris Parloff
1968 Arnold Peterson
1969 Unknown
1970 William Gibbs
1971 Theodore Feldberg
1972 John Boriello
1973 Seymour Rabinowitz
1974 (MAGPS not operating)
1976 Beatrice Liebenberg
1977 Stanley Berent
1979 John Boriello
1981 John Dluhy
1983 Bernard Williams
1985 Melvin Stern
1987 Beryce MacLennan
1989 Daryl Yoder
1991 Adiva Sotzsky
1993 George Saiger
1995 Thomas Wessel
1997 Carolyn Angelo
1999 Nina Brown
2001 Emily Lape
2004 Bob Schulte
2007 Lenore Pomerance
2009 Reginald Nettles
2011 Farooq Mohyuddin
2013 Maryetta Andrews-Sachs
2015 Nancy Hafkin
Conference History
Year | Conference Title | Presenter/s | Location |
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1968 | New Group Techniques | Boriello & Colleagues | Washington, DC |
1969 | Analytic & Behavioral Group Psychotherapy | Abse, Liberman | Cape Charles |
1970 | Group Techniques | MacLennan, Seashore, Harari | Washington, DC |
1971 | The Group in a Changing Society | Kubie | Virginia Beach |
1972 | Introduction to Group Psychotherapy | Boriello & Colleagues | Baltimore, MD |
1973 | The Group as a Whole Approach | Boriello & Colleagues | Virginia Beach |
1974 | The Use & Misuse of Videotaping in Group | Alger | Arlie, VA |
1978 | Group Psychotherapy Workshops | Boriello | Tides Inn, VA |
1980 | Group Psychotherapy with Acting Out Patients | Boriello | Tides Inn, VA |
1981 | Group Psychotherapy Workshops | Boriello & Colleagues | Washington, DC |
1981 | Exploring Family Group Therapeutically | Frankel, Sorel | Harper's Ferry, VA |
1982 | Group Psychotherapy Workshops | Dluhy & Colleagues | Washington, DC |
1982 | The Meaning of Age & Aging | Dluhy & Colleagues | Berkeley Springs |
1983 | A Developmental Approach to Family Therapy | Steinglass | Wintergreen, VA |
1983 | General Psychodynamic Process Groups | Stern & Colleagues | Berkeley Springs |
1984 | Issues in Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapy | Scheidlinger | Annapolis, MD |
1984 | The Exes: Are Moral & Sexual Issues | Rosenberg | Hampton, VA |
1985 | Group Therapy for Compulsive & Addictive Dis. | Cooper, Koloder, Lorenz, Roth | Harper's Ferry, VA |
1986 | Confrontation & Risk Taking in Group Therapy | List | Berkeley Springs |
1987 | Group Psychotherapy with Couples | Perls | Virginia Beach |
1987 | The Group & The Disordered | Stone, Harwood | Washington, DC |
1988 | Power of Imagery | Krash, Lawrence, Saunders, Shaw | Harper's Ferry, VA |
1988 | Therapy with Post-Divorce Families | Serrano | Solomons, MD |
1989 | Man In Group: A Developmental Approach | Krugman | Washington, DC |
1989 | Race, Ethnicity and Class: Interface Between ... | Adams | Wakefield, VA |
1990 | Shame & the Restoration of Self-Respect | Alonso | Baltimore, MD |
1991 | The Impact of the Group Therapist' Life ... | Elfant | Berkeley Springs |
1991 | Group Therapy with Medically Ill Patients | Stern | Williamsburg, VA |
1992 | A Systems-Centered Approach to the Group ... | Agazarian | St. Michaels, MD |
1992 | Gender in Group Psychotherapy | Alonzo | Washington, DC |
1993 | Power and Authority in Group Psychotherapy | Adams, Green, Powell, Skolnick | Washington, DC |
1994 | Brief Dynamic Group Psychotherapy | Azim | Annapolis, MD |
1994 | Attachment, Separation, Reattachment | Frankel | Glade Springs, WV |
1995 | A Relational Approach to Family & Couples ... | Winer | Richmond, VA |
1995 | Boundary Issues in Group Psychotherapy | Fieldsteel | Easton, MD |
1996 | Group Therapy through the Life Cycle | Saiger & Colleagues | Airlie, VA |
1996 | The Use of Imagery & Trance in Group Therapy | Lawrence | Norfolk, VA |
1997 | Sibling Relationships in Group | Hopper | Williamsburg, VA |
1997 | Group-Centered Psychodrama | Clarkson | Alexandria, VA |
1998 | Therapist Use of Self | Rutan | Washington, DC |
1999 | Growth and Change for Group Psychotherapy | Zimmerman | Fairfax, VA |
1999 | Countertransference in Group Therapy: I or O? | Bernard | Richmond, VA |
2000 | Hot Moments & The Courage of the Group Therapist | Collins & Nicholas | Bethesda, MD |
2000 | Shame in the Group and in the Therapist | Gans | Wintergreen, VA |
2001 | Group Psychotherapy with Psychological Trauma | Klein & Schermer | Bethesda, MD |
2001 | Immediacy in Group: A Modern Analytic Appr. | Zeisel | Easton, MD |
2002 | Intimacy and Sexuality in Group Therapy | Hawkins | Washington, DC |
2002 | Addiction as an Attachment Disorder: ... | Flores | Williamsburg, VA |
2003 | The Social Unconscious at Play: Influencing ... | Kibel | Washington, DC |
2004 | Integration of Interpersonal & Existential Appr. | Leszcz | Solomons, MD |
2004 | Social Dreaming: Image and Symbol | Dluhy & Rubenfeld | Bethesda, MD |
2005 | The Space Between Us In Group Psychotherapy | Josselson | Charlottesville, VA |
2005 | The Three R's: Resistance, Refusal & Rebellion | Billow | Bethesda, MD |
2006 | When It's All About You ... Destructive Narcissism | Brown | Rockville, MD |
2006 | Wild Civility: Working with Erotic Feelings ... | Black & Godby | Shepardstown, WV |
2007 | Working with Multiple-Minority Identities ... | Nettles | Rockville, MD |
2007 | From Generation to Generation ... | Saiger & Saiger | Solomons, MD |
2008 | Objects of Desire: Sexuality, the Individual ... | Nitsun | Rockville, MD |
2009 | Using One's Whole Self as a Group Therapist | Gans | Rockville, MD |
2009 | Stimulating Emotional Wealth | Hegener | Shepardstown, WV |
2010 | The Favorite Patient | Libby | Rockville, MD |
2010 | Ethical Dimensions of the Co-Therapy ... | Roller & Nelson | Richmond, VA |
2011 | Shame & Excitement: Crucial Markers ... | Aledort | Washington, DC |
2011 | The Role of Play, Metaphor & Evocative Objects in Group Psychotherapy | Motherwell | Charlottesville, VA |
2012 | A Learning Community: The Dynamic Interplay National Group Psychotherapy of Theories and Experience | Institute (WSP) | Washington, DC |
2012 | The Effective Group Therapist | Leszcz | Solomons, MD |
2013 | The Interplay Between Envy, Competition, & Shame: Its Impact on Intimacy in Groups | Van Wagoner | Cambridge, MD |
2014 | Care for the Heart and Soul of the Psychotherapist: Psychodramatic Explorations | Nugent | Washington, DC |
2014 | Becoming who we are in groups: Jung’s ideas on individuation, fulfillment, and personal authenticity | Hecht | Cambridge, MD |
2015 | Integrating Authentic Cultural Competence into Group Psychotherapy | Ewing & Rivers | Washington, DC |
2015 | To Thine Own Self Be True: Translating YOUR Theory Into Better Group Technique | Rutan | Irvington, VA |
2016 | Impossible Groups: Absorbing a New Paradigm for Groups? | Weimberg | Washington, DC |
2016 | Loss, and Desire in Group Psychotherapy: A Lacanian Perspective | Conkright | Cambridge, MD |