The New York Association for Specialists in Group Work

a state division of the New York Counseling Association

www.nycounseling.org

and a state branch of the Association for Specialists in Group Work

www.asgw.org

a division of the American Counseling Association

www.counseling.org

 

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!

5th ANNUAL

NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR SPECIALISTS IN GROUP WORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE

FEATURING DR. MICHAEL HUTCHINS

"How To Have Therapeutic Conversations With Students and Clients About Sex: Education, Sexuality, Orientation, and Abuse"

AND NEW THIS YEAR:

ADVANCED TRAINING IN GROUP WORK SKILLS

MAY 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH 2006

The New York Association for Specialists in Group Work will be sponsoring a THREE day conference in May 2006. May 17th will consist of an all day training in advanced group work skills, May 18th of 1 1/2 and 3-hour presentations on group work topics; proposals are being accepted until 3/15/06. On May 19th, Dr. Michael Hutchins, prominent author and group work expert, will present an all day workshop on How To Have Therapeutic Conversations With Students and Clients About Sex: Education, Sexuality, Orientation, and Abuse.

For more information, contact Janice DeLucia-Waack at (716) 645-2484, ext. 1054; FAX (716) 645-6616.


University Inn Conference
2401 N. Forest Rd
Getzville, NY 14068
(716) 636-7500
 
Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology








             Dr. Michael Hutchins







A. Michael Hutchins, Ph.D. is a professional counselor in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, is on-staff at Cottonwood de Tucson Treatment Center, and is an adjunct faculty member in school counseling at the University of Arizona. He specializes in working with adolescent and adult males who have histories of sexual abuse and trauma. Michael is an advocate of group work and has incorporated experiential and adventure-based group approaches into his work with men and their families.

Michael became active in the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) when he chaired the first ASGW Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues Task Force. He represented ASGW on the first ACA Human Rights Committee, which he chaired, and has served as the ASGW newsletter editor and was ASGW President in 1997-98. He was selected as an ASGW Fellow in 2000.

Michael is a founding member of Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) and was the organization’s first president. He currently represents CSJ on the ACA Governing Council. He is passionate about addressing issues of discrimination and oppression in our profession and in the community-at-large. He was honored to receive the ACA Kitty Cole Human Rights Award.

Michael served as Chair of the Association for Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Issues in Counseling (AGLBIC) from 1990-93, and received the Joe Norton Award for his work on gay, lesbian and bisexual issues. He has written about sexual identity development and has begun to speak and write about “sexual minority” concerns in order to be more inclusive of people of different sexualities. Michael is on the City of Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues.

Michael believes that each of us has an obligation to work within our profession and in our community to advocate for social justice and human rights concerns. He is honored to be part of the New York Association for Specialists in Group Work conference.

 

 

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William Kline, Ph.D., PCC, NCC, CCMHC, CGP is a Counselor Education program faculty member at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Kline has served as a faculty member at various institutions and has an extensive range of experiences in agencies and private practice. His primary teaching areas include masters and doctoral level courses in group counseling, qualitative research, professional orientation, and supervision of practica and internships. Along with his role as a program faculty member, he serves as Editor for Counselor Education and Supervision the journal for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

Dr. Kline has served as a member of editorial boards for the Journal in Specialists in Group Work and Counselor Education and Supervision. He has participated on national certification bodies (National Board for Certified Counselors – Clinical Academy and the National Academy for Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors). He also has served on numerous committees for the Association for Specialists in Group Work and other ACA divisions and has been president of the Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Kline has received recognition for his scholarship and career contributions in group work having twice received article of the year awards from the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and the Eminent Career Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work in 2003. In 2004, the membership of the Association for Specialists in Group Work named him a Fellow in the organization. His publications include articles in the areas of group supervision, group process, group leadership and coleadership, group counselor training processes, and counselor development. In 2003, Dr. Kline published Interactive Group Counseling and Therapy. He has presented extensively in the area of group work at state, regional, national, and international venues.

 

Dr. Jerry Donigian

Jeremiah Donigian, D.Ed. is past president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work, is a Fellow in ASGW and has received the ASGW Eminent Career Award.  He is a member of the American Counseling Association, and a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.  Dr. Donigian is Professor Emeritus from the Counseling Education Department at the State University of New York at Brockport.  He has coauthored Critical Incidents in Group Therapy (2nd edition, 1997), Systemic Group Therapy: A Triadic Model I (1999), and Making Task Groups Work in Your World (2001).  He continues his private practice in marriage, family, and group therapy.  He also has served as a consultant to various organizations and systems and has conducted workshops and seminars at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.

 

 



 

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