THE DALLAS GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Official Newsletter for the
Dallas Group Psychotherapy Society
Fall 2004
Presidents Chair
By Alice Tawwater Frazier
So quickly it is fall, that time of year for wonderful mornings of taking to local trails with your friends and family. It is also the time for many professional opportunities, both informative and just plain fun.
1) The DGPS Halloween party/ fundraise was fun with good food, fun, friends and a silent auction. Thanks to all who worked to make it such a successful, enjoyable evening.
2) The Southwest Group Institute was held in Dallas this October 21-23 at the Double Tree Hotel Dallas Campbell Center. The title of the Institute was: In the Spirit of the Group: Spirituality and Group Psychotherapy. The role of spirituality within a psychological paradigm is a new and exciting development in our field. This was a timely Institute and DGPS has reason to be especially proud as several of our members are on the SWGP faculty. For more information contact: Dr Robin Binning at 972. 386-8599.
3) And if that isnt enough, Mary Goulding is presenting this fall at the San Antonio Group Psychotherapy Society Workshop. For more information contact Dorothy Le Pere at 210. 821-5980 or email her at socialdot1@msn.com.
4) DGPS had a great program Friday November 12th, titled: An Introduction to Energy Therapies: From Psychology to Physics. Our presenters were Kath Koeppen, James and Lana Self and Hilary Shaw. This was our last program of 2004 and I would like to thank our presenters as well as Becky Pruessner and Hilary Shaw for giving us an outstanding year of programs. THANK YOU BECKY! THANK YOU HILARY!
Elsewhere in DGPS we are planning our next Board meeting set for November 20th, and the Aids/Arms project is set to resume in November as well. Laura Warner has agreed to submit DGPS activities to the Affiliate Column of the AGPA Circle. Thank you Laura. It will be great to see us back in the national news.
And last, but certainly not least, as they say, I would like to welcome our new student members:
Kelleigh Head
James Wrightsman
Kim Rodgers
Donna Kirby
Criquette Tasin
Welcome back as well to returning member Dr. Ed Goodman. We are happy to welcome all of you to membership in DGPS and look forward to the enrichment you will bring to us both personally and professionally.
Alice
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dallas Group Psychotherapy Society Programs for 2004.
DGPS is a multi-disciplinary society, dedicated to Group Psychotherapy.
Friday, November 12, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Introductions to Energy Therapies, From Psychology to Physics with Hilary Shaw, LCSW and James Self, LMFT.
Exposure to cutting edge energy therapies is a must for todays mental health provider. Come learn what energy therapies are, how they work, and how you can use them in your practice to help clients with past trauma, addictions and phobias. James Self will present his expertise with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Hilary Shaw will present Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). Participants will have an opportunity to experience these powerful tools for themselves during the program. 3 CEUs available.
Location: Pecan Creek Office Park (meeting room)
8340 Meadow Rd., Dallas, TX 75231
Cost: $10.00 for students, $15.00 for DGPS Members, and $25.00 for Non-members
Questions: Contact Becky Pruessner, LPC at (214) 739-4023, ext. 116. or Hilary Shaw, LCSW at (214) 515-9165
The Marketing/Outreach committee continues to plan social gatherings. The location, dates and times of future social gatherings will be e-mailed to those of you who have sent in your e-mail addresses. If you do not have e-mail, please call Laura Warner at 214-847-1644 for information.
DGPS Calendar of Events for 2004
To add to this calendar, please call Cynthia Lovell, (214) 321-5663 or e-mail clove4849@aol.com.
*Saturday, November 20. DGPS Board Meeting. (Contact Alice Tawwater Frazier (214) 692-7699 for details).
The purpose of this column is to help our members share the joys and concerns in our personal lives in a way that allows support and celebration. Please contact Ginny Conlon at 214-352-5922 with information regarding births, marriages, illnesses, deaths, or other related news.
_________________________________________________________________________
DGPS Members: The Newsletter Committee invites you to send us information about your professional activities and accomplishments (presentations, awards, publications, etc.). This information will be included in a column to share what we are doing professionally. Please send your information to Cynthia Lovell at clove4849@aol.com.
DGPS members are volunteering to facilitate support groups for the parents/guardians of young people who have been court-ordered to attend educational programs provided by the AIDS/ARMS Network. One or two therapists will lead the parent support groups on the first three Saturdays of each month. If you are interested in volunteering to lead or co-lead a group for a month, contact Marti Kranzberg, Ph.D. at 214-528-1815 or e-mail her at mkr950@airmail.net.
Our annual Halloween party fundraiser was held on Saturday, OCTOBER 30TH, 7:00 p.m. at Betty Gouges house. The night was filled with fun, food, frivolity, a costume contest, entertainment, auctions (loud and silent), spirits (the kind you drink and the kind that haunt you), tricks and more tricks (no, not that kind).
We are very grateful to John Gladfelter, Tess Castleman and Kath Koeppen who shared their skills in the reading of tea leaves and tarot cards and to Lorayne Boger who provided colorful and creative face painting. We enjoyed Bill Jones and his jazz trio, The Men in Black, who were fantastic and made us all want to dance! Alice and Charles Frazier and James and Lana Self put on a beautiful spread of delicious food and beverages. And the setting for this party was perfectthe beautiful home of Betty Gouge and her husband and good sport, Frank Wolfenbarger! Thank you!
The Silent Auction was a great success with over 40 donations of art, goods and services. What fun to watch our usually poised and sedate members and party attendees get into lively bidding wars to get their prizes! Our members, their friends, families and generous donors provided a wonderful array of auction items. Thank you all!
Once again Rhonda Boatright and Marsha Caraway danced away with first prize for their costumes as the Blues Brothers complete with a dance routine. The partygoers exhibited daring creativity dressed as beatniks, faeries, wizards, witches, historical characters (Kathie Higgins won 2nd prize for her wonderful vintage costume) as well as fictional characters, gorillas, apes, bank robbers, a headhunter (complete with a blond head and spear), pirates, and gypsies. Martha Stewart (or someone bearing a remarkable resemblance to her) was there in her orange prison jumpsuit and ankle/wrists chains accompanied by a prison official.
The evenings entertainment included solos and poetry readings by our talented guests and our hostess.
Our Treasurer, Gail Ardman, dressed as a 1940s nightclub singer, did a great job managing the collection of donations and membership renewals. She reported the evening was successful in raising a substantial amount of money for our training program. Thanks, Gail for your hard work and for your lovely song! And thank you Ginny and Bruce Conlon and Peter and Lorayne Boger for greeting and helping with tickets.
Ginny and Bruce Conlon, Laura Warner and Betty Gouge did a great job setting up and arranging the silent auction items and tables. And Betty Gouge, Carol Blanchard and Shari Porter Jung worked to create the festive Halloween atmosphere we all enjoyed. Thank you all. The house looked great!
Congratulations to the 2004 DGPS Fundraiser Party Committee, Betty Gouge, Laura Warner and Cynthia Lovell for a fun and successful event.
THE DGPS BULLETIN BOARD
The Dallas Group Psychotherapist is a forum through which you may place an advertisement for $25.00. For more information, contact Cynthia Lovell, (214)341-7787 or e-mail at clove4849@aol.com.
Advertisement
Your new office is waiting for you . . .
JOIN A PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS. One of the best deals around. A 9 x 13 office, accessible 24/7. Great group of professional colleagues. Internet access, phone, group room and functional break room. Call Ken at 972-680-8986, Ext. 202 or Heather at 214-636-5889.
Advertisement
Therapy is a song of life against impossible odds.
Mary McClure Goulding
The Gouldings created Redecision therapy blending existential psychology with the cognitive clarity of Transactional Analysis and the affective engagement of Gestalt therapy. The work combines profound respect for the autonomy of the individual with an absolute belief that people can change their lives for the better.
The International Institute for Redecision Training
Presents
Redecision Therapy- Dallas 2005
Training will include:
*three weekend trainings in Redecision theory and practice
*demonstrations, didactic & experiential learning & case consultation
*discussion of assigned reading
Training Dates:
February 25 & 26, 2005
May 6 & 7, 2005
September 23 & 24, 2005
Times: Fridays 12-6 p.m. & Saturdays 9 a.m. 4 p.m.
Cost: $600 for the series
$250 for individual weekend
$100 deposit
For further information call Shari Porter Jung 214.780.0220 or Marti Kranzberg 214.528.1815
To register, please complete the following form and mail $100 deposit. IIRT, 5217 McKinney Ave., #102, Dallas, TX 75205
Name: ___________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________
Telephone: (w)__________(h)__________(e-mail)_________________
Please make checks payable to Marti Kranzberg or Shari Porter Jung
Advertisement
Beautiful Offices Available
Two office spaces available with lots of windows and in a great location. New carpet and paint throughout.
First: 19 x 12 office with two walls of windows.
Second: 16 x 12 office with one wall of windows.
Waiting room, storage, phone lines and internet access available. Part time in one office possible.
Location: McCool Building
5025 North Central Expressway, Suite 2060
(near Mockingbird and Central Expressway)
Call: Shari Porter Jung, 214 780.0220 or email at spjung@dmans.com
Advertisement
HGPS NEWSLETTER
(Houston Group Psychotherapy Society)
Carol Vaughan, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA has been nominated to run for the AGPA Board. The election will be held this November 2004 for the term of office from Spring 2005 to Spring 2008.
All HGPS/AGPA members please vote in this election. With many troubling national issues at hand, we want HGPS and the southwest area to be well represented. Carol has been a hard working, dedicated member of HGPS for over 25 years. She has served on the Board for 21 years. Carol is highly qualified to serve our region well.
If you know other AGPA members in different Affiliate Societies, please ask them to vote for Carol Vaughan.
Thanks for your help and support
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Current DGPS Group Listings
DGPS Group Listings is an on-going feature of The Dallas Group Psychotherapist. You must be a paid member to list your group in the newsletter. For additions, changes or deletions to this list, please e-mail (clove4849@aol.com). For more information call Cynthia Lovell at 214-341-7787.
FEMALE GROUPS
Julia Lacy Baird, PhD 214-368-4230 Various Times Adolescent Females
Private Practice North Dallas
Alice Tawwater-Frazier , M.S. 214-692-7699 Various Times
Private Practice North Dallas
Julia Floyd Jones, PhD 214-403-1141 Forming Adolescent Females
Lana Self, LPC 214-732-6121 Mon. 6-8 p.m. Womens Group
MALE GROUPS
Julia Floyd Jones, PhD 214-403-1141 Forming Adolescent Males
James Self, LMFT 214-732-6121
MIXED GENDER GROUPS
Julia Lacy Baird, PhD 214-368-4230 Various Times Adolescents
Private Practice North Dallas
Josie Estes, LPC 817-429-4769 Thurs. 7-8:30 pm
Finishing Business with Mother
Center for Change and
Developmental Services
Fort Worth
Melody Fortenberry, PhD 972-458-9890 Mon. 5-6 pm Adolescents
Tues. 11-1pm Mixed Gender Private Practice North Dallas
Suzy Gadol-Anderson, LCSW
972-498-8500 972-498-8500 Various Times
Specialty Groups: Psychiatric Chemical Dependency and
CD/Chronic Pain
Intensive Outpatient Program
Richardson Regional Medical Center
John Gladfelter, PhD 214-351-1191 Mon. 6:00pm Mixed Gender
Tues. 6:00pm Mixed Gender Private Practice
Kay Hale, PhD 214-691-2511 Mon. 5-7pm
Mon. 7-9pm
Wed. 5-7pm Private Practice-North Dallas
Shari Porter Jung, LCSW 214-780-0220 Various times
Narcissistically Wounded People
Various times
Mixed Gender Therapy Group
Private Practice-Dallas
Marti Kranzberg, PhD 214-528-1815 Mon. 12pm
Open Therapy Group
Mon. 7:30pm
Open Therapy Group Private Practice-Dallas
Bert Wolcott, PhD, 214-757-4445 TBA Pain Management
LMSW-ACP, LMFT Private Practice-North Dallas
CONSULTATION / SUPERVISION / TRAINING GROUPS
John Gladfelter, PhD 214-351-1191 Tues. 11am-1pm
Consultation Group
Private Practice
Shari Porter Jung, LCSW 214-780-0220 Various times
Consultation & Training Groups for therapists
Private Practice-Dallas
Melody Fortenberry, PhD 972-458-9890 Tues. 10am-12 Consultation Group for Therapists Private Practice
GROUP LISTINGS SECTION FOR THE NEXT DGPS NEWSLETTER
(Limited to Paid Members Only)
________New Listing __________Correction __________Deletion
Therapists Name(s): ____________________________________________
Phone: _______________
Day: ____________________________ Time: _______________________________
Category: _____ Womens _____Mens _____ Mixed Gender
_____ Supervision / Training
Specialty Group: _______________________________________________________________________
Agency / Institution: ____________________________________________________________________
DALLAS GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY SOCIETY
OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
President: Alice Tawwater-Frazier, M.S.
President Elect: Laura Warner, M.S.
Secretary: Vicki Rogers, M.A.
Treasurer: Gail Ardman, L.C.S.W.
Treasurer Elect: Julien Devereaux, M.S.S.W.
Board of Directors
2002-2005 Cynthia Lovell, M.Ed.
2002-2005 Lana Self, M.Ed.
2003-2006 Tess Castleman, M.A.
Melissa Green, M.Ed.
2004-2007 John Gladfelter, Ph.D.
2004-2007 Shari Porter Jung, L.C.S.W.
2004-2007 Becky Pruessner, L.P.C.
Committees:
Administrative
Services Chair: Vicki Rogers, M.A.
Advisory Chair: Shari Porter Jung, L.C.S.W.
By Laws Chair: Ginny Conlon, M.S.
CEUs Chair: John Gladfelter, Ph.D.
Marketing
And Outreach Chair: Laura Warner, M.S.
Membership Chair: Shari Porter Jung, L.C.S.W. & Lana Self, L.P.C.
Newsletter Chair: Cynthia Lovell, M.Ed.
Nominating Chair: Gay Jurgens, L.C.S.W.
Programs Chair: Becky Pruessner, L.P.C. & Hilary Shaw, L.C.S.W.
Training Chair: Marti Kranzberg, Ph.D. & Betty Gouge, Ph.D.
DID YOU KNOW?
DGPS is a 501(C) 3 non-profit organization. Please include us in making your tax-deductible charitable contributions this year. Just make your check payable to DGPS, indicate that it is a charitable donation, and mail it to:
DGPS
PO Box 803227
Dallas, Texas 75380-3227.
You will receive a receipt by mail.
Dont forget to look up our website: www.dgps.org!
:
DEADLINES
| 
