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2025 AGPA Institute Observer Evaluation Form
Instructor/Leader(s)
Esther G. Stone, MSSW,CGP,AGPA-DLF
Rita G. Drapkin, PhD,CGP
Anne M. McEneaney, PhD,ABPP,CGP,AGPA-F
Katherine J. Mitchell, PsyD, ABPP, CGP
Jamie Moran, MSW,LCSW,CGP
Barry J. Wepman, PhD,CGP,AGPA-LF
Jennifer "Jen" Joseph, PsyD
Victoria T. Moore, LCPC, CGP, AGPA-F
Keith J. Rand, LMFT,CGP,AGPA-F
Robert A. "Bob" Berley, PhD,CGP,AGPA-LF
Paul Berkelhammer
John V. Caffaro, PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Sophia Chang-Caffaro, PsyD,CGP
Elaine J. Cooper, LCSW,PhD,CGP,AGPA-DF
Greg MacColl LCSW, CGP, AGPA-F, Lcsw
DeLinda L. Spain, LCSW-S CGP, MSW
Neal Spivack, PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Karen Cone-Uemura, PhD,CGP
Marcée M. Brennan PhD,CGP
Miguel Lewis, Psy.D, CGP, ABPP
Kathleen I. Campbell PhD, CGP
Robin M. Dean, PsyD, MSEd
Shari Y. Baron, MSN, CNS, CGP, AGPA-LF
Kurt L. White, LICSW,CGP,AGPA-F
Jeanne L. Bunker LCSW, CGP. AGPA-F
Jeffrey S. "Jeff" Hudson, MEd, LPC,CGP,AGPA-F
Carlos Canales, PsyD,CGP,AGPA-F, SEP™
Paul LePhuoc, PhD,CGP
Farooq Mohyuddin, MD,CGP,AGPA-F
Maryetta K. Andrews-Sachs, MA,LICSW,CGP,AGPA-F
Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT
Donna J. Harris, MA,LCSW,CGP
Kathleen DiMattia
Vincent M. "Vinny" Dehili PhD, ABPP,CGP
Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP
Matthew "Matt" Tomatz, LPC,LAC,CGP,AGPA-F
Scott Conkright, PsyD
Leonardo (Leo) M. Leiderman, PsyD,ABPP,FAACP,CGP,AGPA-F
Ronnie L. Levine PhD,ABPP,CGP,AGPA-F
Stacy Nakell, LCSW, CGP
Marie T. Sergent, PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Alyson M. Stone PhD, CGP, AGPA-F, Psychologist
Justin B. Hecht, PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Francis Kaklauskas, PsyD,CGP,AGPA-F
Karin Bustamante, PsyD, LPC,CGP
Dayne Narretta, LCSW,BCD,CGP,AGPA-F
Susan P. Gantt, PhD,ABPP,CGP,AGPA-DF
Paul Gitterman, LICSW,MSC,CGP
Craig Haen, PhD,LCAT,CGP,AGPA-F
David J. Dumais, LCSW,CGP
Sasha Strong, PhD, LPC, CGP
Ellen L. Wright, PhD
Laura Kasper PhD,CGP
Shanon Sitkin, MA, LMFT,CGP
Christine Carpenter, PsyD,CGP
Darryl L. Pure, PhD, ABPP,CGP,AGPA-F
Hilary A. Levine, PhD, CGP
Ido Peleg, MD,CGP
Sharon Sagi Berg, MA,CGP
Alan Oxman, LCSW, DSW,CGP
Daniella Bassis, PSY.D, CGP
Orit Even Shoshan-Reshef, PsyD
Catherine M. "Kathy" Reedy, LCSW, LMFT, LCADC, BCD, CGP, AGPA-F
Title of Institute
IA10 | GPGE (10+) Stone
IA1 | GPGE (0-4) Drapkin
IA2 | GPGE (0-4) McEneaney
IA3 | GPGE (0-4) Mitchell
IA4 | GPGE (0-4) Moran
IA5 | GPGE (0-4) Wepman
IA6 | GPGE (4-9) Joseph
IA7 | GPGE (4-9) Moore
IA8 | GPGE (4-9) Rand
IA9 | GPGE (10+) Berley
IB1 | GPGE (mixed) Berkelhammer
IB2 | GPGE (mixed) Caffaro + Chang-Caffaro
IB3 | GPGE (mixed) Cooper
IB4v | GPGE (mixed) MacColl
IB5v | GPGE (mixed) Spain
IB6v | GPGE (mixed) Spivack
IB7 | GPGE (mixed) Reedy
IC1 | (mixed Neurodiverse) Cone Uemura
IC2 | | (mixed BIPOC) Lewis + Brennan
IC3v | GPGE (0-4 BIPOC) Dean
ID1 | 2 Year Continuous (Year Two) Baron
ID2 | 2 Year Continuous (Year One) White
IE1 | National Institute Instructor Designate (NID)
II | Acceptance, Attunement, and Emotional Receptivity: Welcoming the Whole Self in Group
III | Attachment-Focused Somatic Experiencing Group Psychotherapy
IV | The Cultural Mother in Group Psychotherapy: Deepening our Engagement with Difference
IX | "It is a joy to be hidden and a disaster not to be found." (Winnicott) - Existential Factors at Play
V | Dungeons and Therapy: Roleplaying towards an Interpersonally Flexible Self
VI | Exploring Implicit Unconscious Narratives Using a Contemporary View of Attachment
VII | Group as Claustral Retreat or Frightening Abyss: Creatively Exploring Group Connections in an Era of Burgeoning AI
VIII | An Interpersonal/Relational Approach to Complex Trauma, Dissociation, and the Restoration of the Disembodied Self
XIII | Managing Love and Hate in a Time of Social Crisis
XII | Making contact: The mind-body-skin-psyche connection in group therapy
XI | Living Out Loud: Attuning the Group Leader’s Voice
XIV | A Modern analytic approach to cultivating freedom, pleasure and connection in group.
XIX | Tending the Wound, Holding the Vision: A Jungian Approach to Group Psychotherapy
X | Kill the Buddha: Context over Theory
XVIII | Systems-Centered Training (SCT): Developing Groups that Transform Our Social Brains
XVII | Social Identities, Power and Privilege: How Difference is Essential for Group Cohesion
XVI | Reconnecting Masculinity: Reworking the Terms of Manhood
XV | Queer, Trans, and Neuroqueer: Horizons of Possibility in Group Therapy
XXIII | Working with Difficult Countertransference In Group Therapy: Engaging the Valuing Self of the Group Leader
XXII | Working with Aggression and Longing: A Modern Analytic Approach
XXIV | Influence in the Workplace: Training Group for Business Leaders, Coaches, and Consultants
XXI | Will I Be Found Out: Processing the Imposter Syndrome
XXVII v | Striving to be Seen: Co-creation of Engagement and Intimacy in a Group from a Relational Perspective
XXVI v | Somatic Experiential Psychoanalytic Process Group
XX | When Words Are Not Enough – Metaphors Step In
SI-1 | Special Institute: Healing the Wounds of History through Drama Therapy
SI-2 | Special Institute: Reflections of Us: Processing the Many Faces of Intercultural Dynamics in Groups
Observed for (length of time)
Observer
Aaron E. Black PhD, CGP, AGPA-F
Elizabeth L. "Libby" Shapiro, PhD, CGP, AGPA-F
Andrea E. Pully, MEd, LPC, CGP, AGPA-F
Angelo Ciliberti, PsyD, CGP, AGPA-F
Chera M. Finnis, PsyD, CGP, AGPA-F
Connie Concannon, LCSW, AGPA-DF
Gil Spielberg, PhD, ABPP, CGP, AGPA-F
Kavitha Avula, AGPA-F
Linda K. Eisenberg, MA, MEd, CGP
Michael P. Frank, MA, LMFT,CGP,AGPA-LF
Molly W. Donovan, PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Robert A. "Bob" Unger, MSW,PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Robin Good, PhD,CGP,AGPA-F
Sara J. Emerson, LICSW,MSW,CGP,AGPA-F
Date of Observation
I. Please rate for all groups when seen during time of observation
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Manages boundaries
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Attends to contact / learning objectives
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Establishes safety
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Promotes cohesion
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Focuses on here-and-now
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Explores the there-and-then (outside of group material)
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Attends to Group-as-a-whole-process
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Attends to inter-personal process
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Attends to intrapsychic process
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Explores transference
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Explores resistance
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Explores conflict
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Explores scapegoating
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Welcomes leadership challenges
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
II. Please rate for all groups when seen during time of observation
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Maintains Institute fomat
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Manages / makes use of group process
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Pursues stated learning objectives
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Demonstrates subject expertise
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
Effectively balances cognitive & emotional learning
Not Well
Extremely Well
N/A
III. Overall Assessment - complete for all groups
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Emotional sensitivity / empathic attunement of leader
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Works well with co-leader
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Overall level of group engagement
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Overall, rate how well this group was conducted
Poor
Excellent
N/A
IV. Other aspects - complete for all groups
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Group size
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Room size
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Room temperature
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Noise level
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Other (please specify)
Were there any important elements conspicuously missing during your observation?
Yes
No
Please describe them:
What was the gender balance of the group?
What was the diversity (e.g. age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, sexual identity/orientation) balance of the group?
V. Table Group Participation - Leader 1
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Attendance at meetings
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Level of openness vs defensiveness
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Effectiveness of communication about their group's process
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Engagement with tablemates
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Engagement with consultants
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Other (please specify)
V. Table Group Participation - Leader 2
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Attendance at meetings
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Level of openness vs defensiveness
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Effectiveness of communication about their group's process
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Engagement with tablemates
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Engagement with consultants
Poor
Excellent
N/A
Other (please specify)
VI. Suitability for Institute Leadership (Leader 1)
Yes
No
If yes, please describe:
VI. Suitability for Institute Leadership (Leader 2)
Yes
No
If yes, please describe:
VII. Please add comments
