Fall 23 Group Psychotherapy’s Potential to Meet the Mental Health Needs of LGBTQ+ Communities
Group Psychotherapy’s Potential to Meet the Mental Health Needs of LGBTQ+ Communities Julio J. Fonseca I am a first year Psy.D. student who has recently transitioned from an established career working in communities developing HIV leadership, HIV prevention/education, and public health advocacy in marginalized communities with which I share intersectional identities. I continue to volunteer […]
Fall 23 Evidence Based Group Therapy Website Update
Tate Paxton, Ph.D. & Gary Burlingame, Ph.D. The evidence-based group treatment website is now live! You can find it here, https://evidencebasedgrouptherapy.org/ . A team of group therapy experts will continue to update and improve this website over the coming years. We hope it is helpful to group clinicians and the public. Below is part of the main […]
Fall 23 German Mourning After the Holocaust
By David Chirko, A.B. Psychologically oriented researcher & author Sudbury, Ontario …the inability to mourn is…an example of a long-lasting group-psychological phenomenon. – Mitscherlich and Mitscherlich (1975, xvi) Group Psychology of a Sinister System Psychologist, psychoanalytic historian, and chess master Reuben Fine (1979), describes how aggression impacts large groups, like the activities of the Third […]
FAll 23 President& PRESIDENT ELECT COLUMNS
President On Saying Goodbye As a group psychotherapy instructor, I have often made ‘saying goodbye’ a centerpiece among group-relevant topics. It is the hardest topic by far to keep everyone, including myself, engaged with. I tell them all the ways that people, including ourselves, skirt the goodbye. We say “see you later” to people we […]
Fall 23 Group Therapy
“It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this.” Tev Zukor Ph.D That iconic opening is the first line in The Legend of Zelda, the 1986 video game starring Link, as he goes on an epic journey to save the princess. While Link is an adventurer, not a psychologist, and the gift being offered is a sword, […]
Fall 23 DEIB Column
Navigating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the COVID Era: A Four-Year Reflection and Passing the Baton As I conclude my four-year tenure as the Domain Representative–Diversity and Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Committee, I find myself contemplating a period marked by unique challenges and profound transformation. I initially stepped into […]
Fall 23 Editorial
Change is in the Air It feels appropriate to launch our new website for The Group Psychologist in fall. For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere it indicates a shift to cooler temperatures (climate change impacts not withstanding). Even for our colleagues in the Southern Hemisphere, it heralds a changing of the season into […]
Fall-23-COR CORNER
COR Corner Michele D. Ribeiro, EdD, ABPP, CGP, AGPA-F Dear Colleagues, I write this column today two days after the terrorist attacks caused horrific violence on Israel and Palestine. There is only more fear and sorrow that enters into all of our lives as we witness the destruction of countries, people and our world. We […]
Fall 23 Editor Group Dynamics Journal
New editor appointed commencing 2025 . Bryan L. Bonner is Professor of Management and David Eccles Faculty Scholar at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000 with emphases in social and quantitative psychology. He is a fellow of Division 49 […]
Fall 23-Psychodramatic Role Training: Preparing for the Future!
A Case Study Talking to Dad About Pronouns Psychodrama offers group therapists multiple experiential tools that can be useful in helping clients attain their treatment goals, one of which is psychodramatic role training for future life scenarios. Many clients in group therapy struggle with fear, anxiety, or a sense of disempowerment related to facing future […]