PhD, CGP, DFAGPA, is the Institute Opening Plenary speaker at AGPA’s 2015 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. A veteran AGPA Annual Meeting speaker, Dr. Zeisel was the leader of the One Day Special Institute in 2009 and the Louis R. Ormont Speaker at the 2013 AGPA Annual Meeting. He has served on the Boards of Directors of AGPA, the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health, and the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists. He served as Vice Chair of the Group Foundation, where he led the effort to reach outside of the group clinician community with an unparalleled ability to convey his enthusiasm for group therapy and create support for the organizations’ community outreach, education and research goals. Dr. Zeisel is an in-demand teacher in the field of group psychotherapy, having trained hundreds of professionals in the theory and practice of group psychotherapy and modern psychoanalytic theory from New York City to Rochester to Austin to Israel. He is an honorary member of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis and has worked to create training partnerships between Israeli and Palestinian clinicians. He is a founding member of the Center for Group Studies

Dr. Alice Brown is a psychologist in private practice in New York City, specializing in group treatment and training in addition to individual and couples work.  She is a Licensed Psychologist, Certified Group Psychotherapist and a long time member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.   As one of the founding members of the Center for Group Studies Dr. Brown has served on the faculty for thirty-five years.  Responsibilities include teaching, supervision, running process groups, as well as co-founding the weekend training program at the Center, which has remained one of the vital parts of the this institution.  She has served on the Board of Directors for the Center and is currently the co-coordinator of the faculty, responsible for administrative and organizational functions involving the faculty.  Dr. Brown also serves on the Social Justice and Faculty Development committees for the Center.  Dr. Brown has led workshops at AGPA for many years, introducing group therapists to the field of modern psychoanalytic group treatment.  With a colleague (perhaps you're getting the idea that she enjoys working collaboratively!) she created a training experience in Moscow and was active in one in St. Petersburg, bringing modern group theory and practice to many practitioners.  Dr. Brown received an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Psy.D. from Pace University.  Her training included a post doctoral fellowship in child and adolescent treatment at North Shore University Hospital.  Her dissertation explored the psychological effects on children of witnessing violence between parents.  She has an ongoing interest in trauma therapy and in how groups can be helpful for traumatized individuals.  

Jeffrey D. Roth, MD is a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He is an addictions psychiatrist and group psychotherapist.

Lect. Roth’s research and work efforts include integrating the understanding of substance addictions and process addictions (food, money, sex), recognizing the role of family dynamics in perpetuating addiction or furthering recovery, investigating the role of addictions in family violence and understanding the mechanism of action of mutual support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.

He graduated from Yale University Medical School and did his residency in psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He is certified in addictions medicine by the American Society of Addictions Medicine (ASAM). He is the past-president of the Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, a fellow of ASAM, of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and of the A. K. Rice Institute and a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

He is the author of the book Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message(2004) and the editor of the Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery.

Master of Medicine, member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), member of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. Co-founder of the Center for Courageous Living in Boulder, Colorado. Head of training groups for the prevention and psychotherapy of alcohol addiction.

Dr. Bogomaz is an Assistant & Training Director at University of North Florida Counseling Center. He is a Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified in Group Psychology, Certified Group Psychotherapist, and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He has experience and interest in group psychotherapy, group dynamics, leadership, followership, group unconscious, and group decision making. He is a board member of International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists, board member of American Psychological Association Division 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy), and a board member of American Board of Group Psychology. Dr. Bogomaz received his Doctor of Psychology degree from Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and participated in one year fellowship at Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and one year at Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. In his free time, he enjoys fitness, Latin dancing, reading, TV shows, listening to lectures, playing video games, and spending time with his family.

A New York University graduate, he has 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist, including with couples and families. He works a lot with family members of victims of September 11th. The main specialty is working with people in the format of group psychotherapy, in order to build more comfortable social relationships.

​Ph.D. in the field of clinical psychology. Director of the Talley Counseling Center at the University of Mary Washington (Virginia). Supervises and manages a team of behavioral intervention and crisis management specialists. Co-Chair of the University Task Force on Sexual Assault. Leads a team of psychologists working with students at risk.