2026 Annual Conference featuring Annie Weiss

Annual Conference 2026

Featuring Annie Weiss

Integrative Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Groups: 

Deepening Connection in the Here and Now. 

Saturday, April 25, 2026

8:30am- 5:00pm

Thompson Conference Center

This experiential workshop will demonstrate the power of integrating various contemporary theories and techniques to increase the immediacy, potency and vibrancy of your interpersonal groups in the here-and-now. We will explore integrating Psychodynamic and Attachment Theory with aspects of Internal Family Systems, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Polyvagal Theory to both ground and enliven your groups. We will discuss theoretical frameworks and leadership strategies to support group cohesion, group member safety, activate members’ social engagement systems and provide correctional relational repair.

This workshop will focus on increasing cohesion and safety so that group members can have difficult and vulnerable conversations in the here-and-now, including navigating discussions around identity and navigating visible and invisible differences. The workshop will include didactic teaching, modeling and experiential work around anti- oppressive practices, including challenging the potential risks and power-differential of top-down models that focus on interpretation.

Leader:

Annie Weiss, LICSW, CGP, AGPA-F, is a highly experienced Certified Group Psychotherapist and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She is also a Level-3 Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist and consultant, with over 30 years of experience leading and teaching interpersonal psychotherapy groups. Her group leadership integrates Psychodynamic Theory, Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Interpersonal Neurobiology.

A graduate of Yale University and Smith College, Annie has a broad teaching background, having instructed Harvard Medical Students, psychologists in Beijing, and students at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, Boston College, and various community mental health centers on group dynamics and leadership. She currently conducts local, national, and international training classes on group therapy topics, alongside facilitating five process-oriented training groups for clinicians.

Annie is an accomplished author, having published "Finding Each Other in a Crowded Room: Internal Family Systems in Group Therapy";and co-edited Women, Intersectionality and Power in Group Psychotherapy Leadership. Beyond her professional life, she is dedicated to anti-racist work and climate justice, enjoys hiking, amateur gardening, and aspiring to play the guitar.

Levels of Experience:

This conference is intended for ALL AGPS members, regardless of experience level.