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Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society

The Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society (MAGPS) is a regional affiliate of the American Group Psychotherapy Association that serves group therapists in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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MAGPS CONFERENCE SERIES

REGISTER for the 2025 Fall Conference

The Cultural Mother in Group Psychotherapy: 
Deepening our Engagement with Difference
with Paul LePhuoc, PhD, CGP

November 7-9, 2025
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel

ABOUT OUR CONFERENCES

MAGPS hosts two annual conferences, one in the fall and one in the spring. These conferences are designed to bring together members of our community who are interested in coming together to learn about group therapy and group dynamics in a warm, collegial environment.

It is the mission of MAGPS to establish a safe, unique, creative learning environment for all attendees by hosting conferences that offer both didactic and experiential learning through participating in whole group and small group processes.  Throughout small group sessions over the course of conference weekends, challenging dynamics may emerge requiring participants to respond to, witness, take responsibility for, and self-reflect upon microaggressions, power and privilege dynamics, effectively manage ruptures, and to the degree possible, restore or repair relational ruptures.  While Small Groups can be a powerful learning tool, this experience has harmed colleagues holding marginalized identities in the past.  Prior to registering for a conference, please review MAGPS Safe Environmental Guidelines, as well as the following recommendations made by the AGPA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force, by clicking on the hyperlinked text AGPA Guidelines for Creating Affirming Group Experiences.  You may also find it beneficial to review our Conference Guidelines for Participation. 

MAGPS conferences are intended for psychologists, counselors, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, and social workers. Conferences offer both didactic and experiential learning experiences to deepen attendees' understanding of topical content in preparation for introducing the gained knowledge into their group therapy work. CEs are available for interested participants; please read our conference registration packet to ensure that your discipline is covered.  

While we offer conference registration discounts for MAGPS members, attendees do NOT need to be members of MAGPS or AGPA to attend, nor do they need to be actively practicing group therapy, or live/work in the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Scholarships are available for students and first-time attendees. Click here for more information and apply for a scholarship.

Please reach out to us at conferences@magps.org if you have any questions. We hope to see you at an upcoming event!  


ALL UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Anti-Racism White Affinity Group

    • 23 Nov 2025
    • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Online (Zoom)
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    MAGPS Anti-Racism White Affinity Group

    Sunday November 23, 2025
    Virtual from 3:00-5:00 PM

    Join us for the MAGPS White Affinity Group:  Sunday, Nov. 23rd, from 3:00-5:00pm  ET. 

    This group is for white participants and is co-convened by Barbara Cristy and Jill Penaloza.

    The MAGPS White Affinity group meets the fourth Sunday of each month from 3-5pm ET. Save the date for our next meeting on December 28th! 

    This is a virtual meeting. You will receive the Zoom meeting link after you have registered.  

    In this meeting we discuss our own experiences of identity, race and racism, and how white supremacy culture and consciousness affects us, our practices, and MAGPS. 

    Although these groups are not traditional interpersonal process groups, we do expect to be attuned to what comes up in the here and now. The purpose is not to enhance clinical group skills but to use group process to deepen our awareness of how we can become anti-racists in an anti-racist organization.

    The MAGPS BIPOC Consultation Group meets on the 3rd Sunday of each month. You will receive an email to register for these meetings or you can register by going to the MAGPS website and clicking on Events. For more information about affinity groups and other anti-racism programming at MAGPS, please reach out to JEDI@magps.org. 

    All registrants will get the Zoom Meeting Link emailed to them. 

    Affinity groups are free and we welcome all MAGPS Members.
    Click here to renew or join MAGPS for 2025.

    If you have any questions about this event, please email our JEDI Chairs at JEDI@magps.org. 

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