Rupture and Repair: In Therapy Groups, Organizations and Society
Co-Chair: Kavita Avula, PsyD, CGP & Haim Weinberg, PhD, CGP
Date: October 24-25, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM on Friday, October 24th and 8:30 AM - 5:15 PM on Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Location: Friends Meeting House of Washington, 2111 Decatur Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008, In-Person Only
11.50 CEs
Program Description:
Group therapists and our communities worldwide are grappling with overwhelm and societal fractures. In recent times, the tensions have become even worse, with conflicts moving towards impasse and regression to binaries of right versus wrong. Seemingly intractable conflicts have found their way into our therapy and training groups, professional list serves and organizations.
Through social dreaming, small and large group, this weekend will examine what makes difference malignant and how to foster benevolent co-existence. Presenters with different intersectional identities will discuss ruptures from a theoretical and clinical perspective and examine how to work through them starting with each other. Dr. Kavita Avula and Dr. Haim Weinberg will discuss ruptures in therapy groups, training groups, co-leadership, and organizations.
Learning Objectives
1. List two types of ruptures in group therapy.
2. Evaluate how social dreaming impacts large group process.
3. Compare the impact of facilitators with different intersectional identities on a group.
4. List 3 skills that facilitate repair in therapists and clients.
5. Describe strategies coleaders can employ to stay connected while holding different perspectives.
6. Identify barriers to repair.
7. Describe how letting go of pushing an agenda changes a conversation.
8. Describe how social dreaming evokes the social unconscious and analyze its impact on communal dignity.
9. List five current challenges that emerge in psychotherapy groups that represent polarization.
