2023 HGPS Institute
Keynote Presentation:
It’s Not about the Rupture, It’s about the Repair
presented by Daisy Reese, LCSW and Peter Cole, LCSW
Ethics Presentation:
Enacting Racial Justice Through the Exploration of
Diversity, Bias, and Our Lived Narratives
presented by Archandria Owens, PhD
Please join us for a 2.5 day in-person and virtual hybrid Institute on April 27-29, 2023! The Ethics Presentation with Archandria Owens, PhD, Licensed Psychotherapist/Racial Equity Consultant, will be held virtually via Zoom on Thursday, April 27. Both in-person and livestreaming options will be available for the Keynote Presentation with Daisy Reese, LCSW, and Peter Cole, LCSW, as well as the breakout groups on April 28-29.
Participants can create their own Institute experience by selecting the presentations and/or breakout sessions they wish to attend “a la carte” style. Please indicate on the registration form whether you will be participating in-person or virtually. Reminders with links will be emailed to participants joining us virtually. Lunch will be provided to participants joining us in-person on Friday and Saturday and is included in the registration cost. We will meet in-person at the Norris Conference Centers – Houston Westchase located at 9990 Richmond Ave., Suite 102, Houston, TX 77042.
Up to 15 Continuing Education hours are available for Psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, LPC, and CGP licenses/certifications, including 3 ethics hours. Clinicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the Institute. Learn more.
Questions? Need help with registration? Contact admin@hgps.org
Schedule of Events
Hybrid Keynote Presentation
It’s Not about the Rupture, It’s about the Repair
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 8:00 am-5:00 pm
6 CE credits available
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”
Robert Frost
In any group, from families to political groups to spiritual communities, ruptures inevitably occur, causing distress and disruption. This is certainly true of therapy groups. During the course of this Institute, participants will learn how to recognize and address ruptures and facilitating repair. An underlying element of almost all group therapy ruptures are the Enduring Relational Themes that are evoked in the current interaction. Working with repair provides the group therapist an opportunity to explore these Enduring Relational Themes.
Through the use of both didactic and experiential learning, you will learn to:
- Identity both subtle and overt ruptures in the group
- Slow down the group process
- Support all the “voices of the field”
- Recognize the Repetitive and Healing Dimensions of group experience
- Explore enduring rela8onal themes evoked with the rupture
- Work with the group therapist’s own feelings and countertransference to help facilitate repair
Virtual Ethics Presentation
Enacting Racial Justice Through the Exploration of Diversity, Bias,
and Our Lived Narratives
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 6:00-9:00 pm
3 Ethics CE credits available
Bias
“I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable.”
“My clients are not paying to hear my opinions/my concerns.”
“You’re just not supposed to talk about race.”
We are often so much more acquainted with the reasons not to talk about race, that we are not as well-versed in the life-affirming reasons that we need to be naming it. It is often personally uncomfortable or objectionable in some way which leads many to not bring race into their professional realm. This includes mental health professionals. Race discussions in the therapy room are often relegated to a demographics question on intake paperwork or selectively spoken to if we make some assumption that race might be an issue for a particular client. What is often not considered is the fact that our ethics codes governing our practice require our active inquiry, advocacy, and responsibility around racial issues. Come ready for an educational process around race, but much more, come expectant for space to deeply explore our own narratives around race and how they create opportunities and/or barriers to deepening our clinical, and personal, engagement with racial justice.
Hybrid Breakout Groups
More information coming soon.
Cost and Registration
| HGPS Member | Non-Member | Student/Early Professional | Agency (3+ people) | |
| Ethics | $115 | $130 | $90 | $105 (per person) |
| 1 Day Institute | $230 | $265 | $110 | |
| Ethics & 1 Day Institute | $305 | $360 | $155 | |
| 2 Day Institute | $340 | $400 | $165 | $300 (per person) |
| Ethics & 2 Day Institute | $390 | $440 | $175 | $345 (per person) |
If cost is a barrier to participation, please contact Ramsha Momin at ramsha.sw@gmail.com.
Online Registration
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Agency Registration
We invite agencies to join the Institute and offer a discount when 3 or more people from an agency attend. Please email admin@hgps.org to register.
Location
Norris Conference Center – Houston Westchase
9990 Richmond Ave., Suite 102 Houston, TX 77042
2023 HGPS Institute Committee
HGPS thanks the Institute Committee. The Institute would not be possible without the work of the Institute Committee members.
Ramsha Momin, LMSW (co-chair)
Heather Murphy, LPC-S (co-chair)
Jennifer Markey, PhD, MEd, CGP
Continuing Education
HGPS follows the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council rules for acceptable continuing education for continuing education providers. The Council oversees Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examiners of Licensed Professional Counselors, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners. While the Council no longer pre-approves or regulates continuing education providers and programs, our continuing education credits are accepted by the Council.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
