This year's program includes a rich assortment of workshops, poster presentations, addresses, and mentoring sessions. The full program follows below, with the Division 49 business sessions and workshops listed at the end of the document.

Thursday, August 14

10:00 AM—10:50 AM
Poster Session, Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Exhibit Halls A & B1

• Transference in Group Therapy:  A social Relations Analysis.  Rayna D. Markin, PhD, and Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., PhD. 
• Group Therapy for Substance Abuse:  Rolling versus Closed Admissions. Keith C. Klostermann, PhD, Antonio A Morgan-Lopez, PhD, and William Fals-Stewart, PhD.
• AOD Groups:  An Optimal Group Learning Opportunity for Graduate Trainees. Ian Birky, PhD, Anju Kaduvettoor, MEd., and Yoko Mori, MS
• Co-Leader Similarity and Group Climate in Group Interventions. Joseph R. Miles, MS, and Dennis M. Kivlighan, PhD.
• Multicultural Competence and Evidence-Based Group Therapy Practice:  Challenges and Prospects. Eric C. Chen, PhD, Julie E. Balzano, BA, and Dhruvi Kakkad, PhD.
• Group Psychotherapy Mind/Body Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Population: Lessons Learned. Ann DeSollar, MA, MA, Lynne Matte, MA, MA, Celeste Rivera, PhD, and Yvette Caron, PhD. 
• Support Group Curriculum for Parents of Girls with Craniofacial Differences. D. Colette Nicolaou, PhD, Alexis L. Johns, PhD, and Laura R. Garcia, MSW
• Mindfulness-Based Depression Treatment through Web and Telephone Groups. Nancy J. Thompson, PhD, MPH, Elizabeth L. Reisinger, MAT, and Ashley Winning, BA
• Innovations in Group Home Living:  Utilization of Group-As-A-Whole Work to Increase Self-Efficacy and Group Cohesion in Severely Mentally Ill Adults Living in a Community Setting.
  Diana J. Semmelhack, PsyD, Clive G. Hazell, PhD, and Deanna Dang, MA  
• Navigator’s Group:  A Group Therapy Program for Sexually Reactive Children. Kristin Shaner-Rose, MEd.,  andRenee Flaherty, MEd.
• Self-Regulation Group Program for Male Adolescents. Eun Kaung Bae, MA, and Hyun Joo Song, PhD. 
• Group-Based Adolescent Treatment service Delivery and Effectiveness, and Emerging Treatment Alternatives. Lee Gillis, PhD, and Keith Russell, PhD. 

11:00 AM—11:50 AM
Negotiating Dual Relationships in Experiential Training Groups   Trainees’ Perspectives
(Discussion), Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 156C
Co-Chairs: Eric C. Chen, PhD  and Bethany D. Aaronson, MSE

Participants:
Bethany D. Aaronson, MSE, Lauren M. Luttinger, MSE, and Ryan J. Androsiglio, MSE

12:00 PM—12:50 PM
Group Psychotherapy   Past, Present, and Future (Discussion), Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 206A

Participants: 
Sally H. Barlow, PhD, Rex Stockton, PhD, and Michael P. Andronico, PhD,
Discussant:
Arthur M. Horne, PhD

1:00 PM—2:50 PM
Value of the ABPP Specialty in Group Psychology   Preparing for the Examination (Workshop), Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 255
Chair: Joseph C. Kobos, PhD

Participants: 
Allan Elfant, PhD, Joshua M. Gross, PhD and Thomas Lowry, PhD

Friday, August 15

8:00 AM—8:50 AM
Positive Psychology, Group Psychotherapy, and the Contemporary Counseling Center (Symposium), Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 208
Chair: Rebecca R. MacNair Semands, PhD

Participants: 
David Spano, PhD, Rebecca R. MacNair-Semands, PhD, James M. Harbin, PhD and Jocelyn M. Brineman, BA

9:00 AM—9:50 AM
Experienced School Based Group Practitioners Discuss Critical Issues (Discussion)
Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 153C
Chair: Elaine Clanton Harpine, PhD

Participants:
Janice L. DeLucia-Waack, PhD, George Gazda, PhD, Susana Helm, PhD, Arthur M. Horne, PhD, Maureen E. Kenny, PhD, and Michael Waldo, PhD

10:00 AM—10:50 AM
Group Counseling and Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents (Workshop), Sheraton Boston Hotel, Republic Ballroom A

Chair/Participant:
Zipora Shechtman, PhD

12:00 PM—12:50 PM
Parenting Approaches for Challenging Kids   An Evidenced Based Group Intervention
(Discussion), Sheraton Boston Hotel, Republic Ballroom A
Chair: Jason D. Williams, PsyD, MEd

Participants:
Jason D. Williams, PsyD, MEd,  Lisa Anderson, MPH, and Mary N. Cook, MD

1:00 PM—1:50 PM
Predicting Who Will Benefit From Group Psychotherapy: Group Selection Measures (Symposium), Sheraton Boston Hotel, Republic Ballroom A
Co-Chairs: Gary M. Burlingame, PhD and Robert L. Gleave, PhD

Participants:
Jonathan Cox, BS and Elizabeth L. Baker, BS

Discussant:
Rebecca R. MacNair-Semands, PhD

2:00 PM—3:50 PM
Preparing for Internship   What You Need to Know About Group Psychology (Symposium), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 211
Chair: Joshua M. Gross, PhD

Participants:
Joshua M. Gross, PhD, Janice L. DeLucia-Waack, PhD, Dan Jones, PhD, and Edith Chung, PhD

4:00 PM—5:50 PM
Mentoring-A Meeting Place for Group Psychologists (Discussion), Boston Convention Center & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 211
Co-Chairs: Jeanmarie Keim PhD, and Joshua M. Gross, PhD

Participants:
Leann J. Terry, BA, Shannon Salter, MEd., Jeanmarie Keim, PhD, Joshua M. Gross, PhD.

Discussant:
Thomas Treadwell, EdD

A Friday evening event is in the planning stages. Details will follow on the Div 49 listserve.

Saturday, August 16

8:00 AM—8:50 AM
Activity Based Experiential Group Psychotherapy    Kinesthetic Metaphors of Change (Workshop), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 252A

Co-Chairs/ Participants:
Lee Gillis, PhD and Michael A. Gass, PhD

9:00AM-10:50AM
Deepening Feelings Through the Group Process- An Experiential Workshop (Workshop), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 209

Co-Chair/Participants:
Michael P. Andronico, PhD and Allan Elfant, PhD

9:00-12:00
Meeting of the Board Members of Division 49, Division 49 Suite, Boston Marriott Copley

11:00AM-11:50 AM
Assumption of Independence in Group Intervention Research (Workshop), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 211

Participants:
Scott C. Marley, PhD, MPH, and Jeanmarie Keim, PhD

12:00PM-1:50PM
Purposeful Selection of Group Techniques (Workshop), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 213
Chair: Robert K. Conyne, PhD

Participants:
Robert K. Conyne and Mark D. Newmeyer, EdD

2:00PM-2:50PM
Presidential Address, Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel, St. George Rooms A & B

Participant:
Donelson R. Forsyth, PhD

3:00PM-3:50PM
Business Meeting, Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel, St. George Rooms A & B
Division 49 Business Meeting

4:00PM-4:50PM
Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year Award, Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel, St. George Rooms A & B

Participant:
J. Richard Hackman, PhD

6:00-9:00
Division 49 Social Hour, Division 49 Suite, Marriott Copley

Sunday, August 17

8:00AM-8:50AM
Therapists’ Use of Passion and Aggression in Adolescent Therapy Groups (Symposium), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 157A
Chair: Lorraine Mangione, PhD

Participants:
Karin M. Hodges, MS, Gretchen L. Schmelzer, PhD, and Ralph J. Buonopane, PhD
Discussant
Lise Motherwell, PhD, PsyD

10:00 AM—11:50 AM
Object Relations and Family Systems in Group Psychotherapy   A Demonstration, (Workshop), Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Room 252A

Chair/ Participant:
Kathleen Y. Ritter, PhD

Division Plenary Sessions: Saturday, August 16 

9:00-12:00: Meeting of the Board Members of Division 49, Division 49 Suite

2:00PM-2:50PM:  Presidential Address, Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel, St. George Rooms A & B

3:00PM-3:50PM:  Division 49 Business Meeting, Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel, St. George Rooms A & B

4:00PM-4:50PM: Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year Award, Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel, St. George Rooms A & B:  J. Richard Hackman, PhD

6:00-9:00:  Division 49 Social Hour, Division 49 Suite (location to be announced)