Modern Group Analysis - The Power of the Group: Four Stories

Group treatment is a cornerstone in the practice of modern psychoanalysis. When combined with individual treatment, it makes for a powerful and effective therapeutic intervention. This series of four stories is designed to invite discussion of the role group has played in the development of four senior faculty members— all of whom employ group in their work. The dialogues also provide an overview of the dynamic work that is accomplished in group analysis. Presenters are faculty in CMPS’s Group Psychoanalysis Training Program.

NOTE: Dr. Holmes and Dr. Kirman have switched presentation dates. The following information on this page has been corrected to reflect the change.

Friday, March 15th 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Elliot Zeisel, PhD, FAGPA, is a CMPS & NYGSP faculty member and Director of Group Training. He is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

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Friday, April 12th 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Jacob Kirman, PhD, is a CMPS control & training analyst. A retired professor of psychology at Queens College, CUNY, he has served on the faculty of several analytic training institutes including CMPS and authored articles on individual and group psychoanalysis.

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Friday, May 3rd 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Lucy Holmes, PhD, LP, is a CMPS & NYGSP faculty member and author of The Internal Triangle: New Theories in Female Development and Wrestling with Destiny: The Promise of Psychoanalysis. (Release date: March 2013.)

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Friday, May 17th 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Dolores Welber, PhD, LP, is a CMPS & NYGSP faculty member and Director of Educational Advisement. With her husband Robert, she founded the Studio School in 1971.

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