The Center for Applied The Chicago Center for the

Psychological and Family

Studies
Sponsor the Study of Groups and
Organizations
of
The Family Institute
42nd Annual (CCSGO),
An affiliate of the A.K. Rice
at Northwestern University Institute

at Northwestern University

Group Relations Conference

Authority, Leadership, and Diversity in Groups and

Organizations

Conference Director Conference Associate Director

Solomon Cytrynbaum, Ph.D. Vicki Seglin, Ph.D.
Effective leadership and the meaningful exercise of authority require more than intellectual and technical
understanding. Group Relations Conferences provide a well-defined context within which to learn experientially
about the dynamics and challenges that impact performance and productivity in organizational life. This
Conference will benefit professionals in the fields of business, human resources, organizational development,
government, education, and mental health.
Contact Information
Phone: 847.733.4300, ext. 590 Registration Deadline
Date & Time
Email: [email protected] Applications must be postmarked
Friday, January 27, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Fax: 847.733.0390
to by January 16, 2017 (midnight) to
Mail: Olivia Tinati and/or Kaitlyn
Sunday, January 29, 2017, 4:30 p.m. be processed
Whitebread
Location Continuing Education Units
Group Relations Conference
The Family Institute Participants will receive 25 Continuing
The Family Institute
618 Library Place Education Units for Illinois Clinical
618 Library Place
Psychologist (LCP), LCPC, LPC, LMFT,
Evanston, IL 60201 Evanston, Illinois 60201
LCSW & LSW Licenses
http://www.family-institute.org/tavistock
Conference Information Group Relations Conferences in the Tavistock Tradition
Group Relations Conferences offer a powerful and unique methodology to observe,
I was able to examine, and learn through participatory events about our own behavior and the
immediately apply behaviors of others in groups and organizations. By studying the dynamics of power,
what I learned at authority, leadership, diversity, and followership in experiential and reflective activities,
the Conference. I participants have the opportunity to discover and consider behaviors and thought
saw how processes that support or detract from their own effectiveness and performance and that
organizational of their co-workers, employees, teams and organization as a whole. These Conferences
dynamics, such as benefit professionals in the fields of business, human resources, organizational
space, seating development, education, and mental health.
The experiential process
arrangements, Background and Sponsorship challenged misconceptions
titles and roles I had about how I perceive
The principles and methods of these conferences were
each have authority and
first developed at the Center for Applied Research,
profound impacts Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London, England, management. I am more
on groups. under the leadership of the late A.K. Rice. The A.K. Rice aware of the impact I have
-Business School Institute was established in 1970 in the USA to advance on others.
Director knowledge of the dynamics of groups, organizations and -Teacher
social systems. This is the 42nd annual weekend Group
Relations Conference held at Northwestern University and the tenth year of sponsorship by The Center for Applied
Psychological and Family Studies of The Family Institute at Northwestern University. The Family Institute is committed to
strengthening and healing families from all walks of life through clinical service, education and research. An affiliate of
Northwestern University, the Family Institute is a unique, innovative, not-for-profit organization, governed by its own
independent Board of Directors responsible for its own funding. The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and
Organizations (CCSGO) was founded in 1987 and serves to advance knowledge of how people can work effectively together
in groups and organizations and to explore the exercise of authority and leadership in responsible ways. CCSGO is one of
the five regional centers affiliated with the A.K. Rice Institute which is a national not-for-profit institution devoted to studying
and learning about covert behaviors in groups and institutions.

Conference Design and Primary Task

The Conference is a temporary educational institution whose purpose is to create a safe environment in which
members experience and examine authority, group, institutional, and diversity dynamics characteristic of
contemporary organizational life. It is designed to enable members to observe and experience firsthand group
level and institutional system processes that are often covertly active in groups and organizations.

Conference Schedule These processes are explored through experience and analysis in three major
structural components that similarly exist at some level in any organization:
Friday, January 27: small group, large group, and institutional systems. In what are termed here
Registration opens at 4:00 p.m. and now events, members learn about aspects of social systems, diversity,
Conference begins at 5:00 p.m. and group processes directly from their own experience. These are followed by
& ends at 10:15 p.m. review of Conference experiences and application to back home
organizational settings and roles.
This educational model is based primarily on experiential learning and
Saturday, January 28: the application of this learning to roles in work and non-work settings. Members
Conference begins at 8:30 a.m. will study the often unconscious aspects of common group processes,
& ends at 10:15 p.m. including joining the group, assuming different roles, delegating and assuming
authority and participating in a group task. Such hidden or covert processes
Sunday, January 29: have a major influence on how groups perform, and on the ability of groups
Conference begins at 8:30 a.m. and organizations to accomplish their primary task (activities/ projects/ goals).
& ends at 4:30 p.m., Understanding these processes requires examination of the roles,
followed by a short reception until tasks, leadership, diversity dynamics, and authority exercised in the
Conference, a temporary organization, at the overt and covert levels.
5:00 p.m.
 Staff Roles
I learned that Staff members take on multiple roles. They collectively constitute the management of the
Conference institution and take responsibility and authority for managing task, role, time,
exercising and space boundaries. Staff members act as consultants or observers in the here and
authority requires now events. In these events, consultants offer working hypotheses on the basis of their
boundaries to knowledge, experience, and observations of group processes as a way of providing
opportunities for members to learn about group diversity and organizational processes.
provide fairness Staff members also consult with members in various review and application events.
and be effective.
-CEO Confidentiality, Suitability, and Feedback
In order to support member freedom to experiment in whatever manner they believe will
best further their learning, Conference staff will refrain from identifying or discussing
any individual member behavior or action outside the Conference. Because of the
intense nature of experiential conferences, learning can sometimes prove stressful and The Conference
challenging. Therefore, individuals experiencing a period of significant physical or was an eye-
personal difficulty should forgo attendance at this time. Questions about the opening
appropriateness of your participation should be addressed to one of the Co-Assistant
Directors for Administration through the phone number, email, fax, or mail information
experience. A
on the front of this packet. Members will be asked to complete a short, confidential persons own
evaluation form at the end of the conference. systems of the mind
Structure and Method form a barrier that
This Conference is designed for individuals who wish to study the exercise of authority one is not even
and diversity dynamics in groups and understand more about their own reactions to aware of.
exercising and encountering authority. The Conference is organized as a sequence of -Administrator
group and institutional systems interactions. Events include experiences in both
experiential and reflective events.
Experiential Events
The Small Study Group consists of 8 12 members with two co-consultants. This group studies its own behavior
and processes as it forms and changes throughout the Conference.
The Large Study Group consists of all Conference members with a team of consultants. This group studies its
own behavior in a setting in which face-to-face interaction is difficult. This simulates the process and dynamics of
larger social systems as they struggle with formation, transition and rapid change.
The Institutional System Event consists of members forming groups of their choice, then interacting with other
member groups and with the staff in order to develop a deeper understanding of the institutions dynamics. In
working on this task, members encounter issues with organizing and joining groups, assuming roles, identifying
emerging leadership, delegating power and authority, and working with other groups and staff as management.
Staff will be available to be observed in sessions and will be available to consult to member subsystems in order to
collaborate with members in creating a growing understanding of Conference institutional systems dynamics.
Reflective Events
Plenaries will be held three times during the Conference. The first two
Conference Information
introduce the Conference and the Institutional Systems Event. The third is
I was truly challenged toward the end of the Conference and enables member and staff to review
about my system of beliefs. together the Conference as a whole.
My frame of reference The Review and Role Analysis Group provides further opportunities for
members with similar back home roles to reflect on and examine their
shifted. I was challenged to experiences and roles in the different Conference events. Each group will
think about things I didnt have five to ten members and co-consultants.
know that I didnt know. The Application Group will be held near the end of the Conference.
Application Group sessions offer members with similar back home roles
-Psychologist the opportunity to apply their Conference learning to their roles,
organizational and group settings. Additional post-Conference review and
application sessions may be scheduled and will be announced during the
Conference.
Conference Director
Solomon Cytrynbaum, PhD, Professor Emeritus, School of Education and Social Policy and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of
Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston and Chicago, IL; Associate Director for Education, The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, The Family
Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Private Practice of Organizational Consultation and Psychotherapy, Northbrook, IL.
Conference Associate Director
Vicki Seglin, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice of Psychotherapy, Organizational and Individual Consultation, Winnetka, IL; Clinical Case Consultant,
The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies Counseling Program, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Board Member, Chicago
Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations.
Co-Assistant Directors of Administration
Olivia Tinati, BA, MA, Counseling Candidate at The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Kaitlyn Whitebread, MA, ACT Recovery Counselor: Employment Specialist, Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Chicago, IL; Clinic and Program Assistant at The C.G. Jung
Center, Evanston, IL.
Consultants
Janice G. Brewington, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chief Program Officer and Director, Center for Transformational Leadership, National League for Nursing, Washington, DC;
Organizational Development Consultant & Executive Coach; Member, A.K. Rice Institute, Midwest Group Relations Center, and Chicago Center for the Study of Groups
and Organizations.
Karl Briederick, MA, Counseling Candidate, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Diana Castaeda, LCPC, Staff Therapist, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4), Chicago, IL; Member, The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and
Organizations, Chicago, IL.
Janet Chandler, PhD, CGP, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice in Group and Organizational Psychology Chicago, IL; Member and T & C trainee,
A.K.Rice Institute; Member, Group Relations International; President, CCSGO (Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations), an Affiliate of AKRI,
Chicago, IL., OPUS, Associate.
Kratika Choudhary, MA, PCCI, Therapist Intern/Well Clinic, San Francisco, California; Therapist/Catholic Charities, San Mateo, California.
Matt Frantz, MA, LCPC, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Private Practice, Chicago, IL; Clinical Lecturer, The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies,
The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Board Member, Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, Chicago, IL.
Amy Freed, MA, LCPC, Clinical Lecturer, Staff Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, The Family Institute at
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Core Faculty, Assistant Director of Clinical Training, Masters Program in Counseling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Andriana Hamm, MS, Outpatient Therapist, Omni Health Services, Upper Darby, PA; Outpatient Children and Family Therapist, Child Guidance Resource Center,
Coatesville, PA.
Katherine Harding, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founding Owner of City Haven Counseling, Chicago, IL; Private Practice, Chicago, IL.
Derek Harris, MA, LCPC, Managed Care Coordinator, Thresholds, Chicago, IL; Reflective Practitioner Supervisor, The Family Institute at Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL; Member, The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, Chicago, IL.
Clive Hazell, PhD, DN, LCPC, NCC, Counseling Psychologist, Body and Mind, Chicago, IL.
Mark Hoffman, CPA, CGMA, LPC, Executive Consultant and Organizational Health Advisor, CEO Confidential, Inc., Chicago, IL., MA in Counseling Psychology,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Kevin Lanham, LCPC, Skylight Counseling Center, Chicago and Skokie, IL.
Mark Kiel, PsyD, ABPP, CGP, Director of Counseling Services, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL; Private Practice in Clinical Psychology, TMS and
Associates, Hinsdale, IL; Private Practice in Group and Organizational Psychology, Kiel Consulting, Chicago, IL; Member, A. K. Rice Institute; Member, Vice
President, The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, Chicago, IL.
J. Derek McNeil, PhD, MDiv, Senior VP of Academics, Academic Dean, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, Seattle, WA.
Christine Meltzer, MS, Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL.
John Patrick Bair, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center #1, North Chicago, Illinois; Associate Clinical Professor, Psychology and
Psychiatry, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois; Private Practice Psychology #3 Evanston, IL.
Isabelle Reiniger, LCSW, Private Practice, Evanston and Chicago, IL; Consultant, A Home Within, Evanston, IL; Associate, AKRI; Associate Member, CCSGO,
Chicago, IL.
Chaaz P. Roberts, LMFT, Staff Therapist, Community Program Supervisor, The Bette D. Harris Family and Child Clinic, The Family Institute at Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL; Director, S.O.U.L. Creations, Inc., Evanston, IL.
Andrew Royal, JD, MS, LPC-IT, NCC, Psychotherapist and Co-founder, Royal Road Clinic, Milwaukee, WI; Host, Milwaukee Social Dreaming Matrix, Milwaukee, WI;
Member, The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, Chicago, IL.
Ellen L. Short, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, School of Education, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. Board of
Directors of AKRI and Member of The New York Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems.
Tara L. Victor, PhD, ABPP/CN, Associate Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Department of Psychology, Carson, CA; Associate Clinical Professor,
University of California Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, Los Angelss, CA; Consulting Neuropsychologist in Private Practice, Los
Angeles, CA; Board Member, Grex; Associate and Consultant Candidate-in-Training, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.
Candice Wu, MA, LPC, MACT, CYT500, Holistic Healing Facilitator and Wellness Retreat Facilitator, international; Holistic Psychotherapist, Centered Therapy
Chicago, Chicago, IL; Private and Group Yoga Teacher, Bloom Yoga Studio, Chicago, IL.
Sarah Yi, BS, MA, Counseling, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Administrators
Rosa Abbruscato, BA, CADC, MA, Counseling Candidate at Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, IL; Counseling Intern at Leyden Family Services, Franklin Park,
IL; Crisis Counselor at Lutheran Social Services, Chicago, IL.
Sean Fitzpatrick, BA, Northwestern University Masters of Arts in Counseling Candidate (2017), The Family Institute, Evanston, IL; Counseling Intern, Adolescent and Young
Adult Behavioral Health Center, Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, IL.
Maria Fernanda Gallegos, BA, MA, Counseling Candidate at Northwestern University, Evanston, lL; Counseling Intern at Community Counseling Centers of
Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Sakina Levin, BA, MA, Clinical Psychology Candidate at Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.
Minnie Tao, MA, LPC, Clinical Fellow at Child Therapy Chicago; Preschool Teacher at Bright Horizons in Evanston, IL.
Pre-Conference Administrators
Deidre Hicks, Coordinator of Education Programs at The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Cynthia L. Yesko, PhD, LCPC, Associate Director Master of Arts in Counseling Program at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Pre-Conference Co-Coordinators of Marketing and Recruitment
Kratika Choudhary, MA, PCCI, Therapist Intern/Well Clinic, San Francisco, California; Therapist/Catholic Charities, San Mateo, California.
Derek Harris, MA, LCPC, Managed Care Coordinator, Thresholds, Chicago, IL; Reflective Practitioner Supervisor, The Family Institute at Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL; Member, The Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, Chicago, IL.
 42nd Annual Northwestern Group Relations Conference Registration Form
Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Rev. Other:

First Name** Last Name** Title**

Gender* Race/Ethnicity* Age* Sexual Orientation* Occupation*

Employing Organization/University (if student)** Position Title/Job Description/Program Title (if student)

Employing Organization/University Address

Previous Group Relations Conference(s) and/or Small Study Group Consultant(s)*

Staff/Potential Members with whom you have a relationship and do not wish to be assigned to the same Small Study Group***

Home Address City State Zip

Home (Area Code) Phone Other (Area Code) Phone Email

*These items are requested to facilitate the formation of Small Study Groups of varied backgrounds and Review and Role Analysis Groups and Application Groups composed of
members with similar occupational backgrounds and/or professional roles.
**This information will be made available to members of the Conference.
*** Conference Directorate will do their best to accommodate, but cannot guarantee, these requests.
Check appropriate fee category:

Early registration fee (if postmarked before Monday, January 9, 2017 midnight)..............................................................................................$300.00

Registration fee (if postmarked after Monday, January 9, 2017 midnight).....................................................................................................$375.00

Non-profit organizational discount*.................................................................................................................................................................$275.00

Non-NU student & NU-MFT student fee.........................................................................................................................................................$175.00

*To be eligible for the non-profit discount an organization must register at least three non-student members and attach a 501-(c)3 tax exemption letter.
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 I have read the brochure for this Conference in detail & I hereby apply for membership. I understand the brochure constitutes the contract between myself and the sponsoring
institution and that my application hereby authorizes the sponsoring institution to conduct the Conference for which I am applying in the manner described herein. I understand
that the total fee must be paid by Monday, January 16, 2017. To resign & receive a refund minus a $25.00 fee, requests must be received in writing by Monday, January 9, 2017.
I understand & agree to the policies regarding refunds, confidentiality and tasks.

Signature (Application must be signed to be processed) Date / /

Applications are due Monday, January 16, 2017 (midnight postmark); applications with a later postmark will not be processed.

CEUS
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are provided at no additional fee to those conference staff & members with the following Illinois licensure: Clinical Psychologist (LCP), LMFT,
LCPC, LPC, LCSW & LSW. One hour of continuing education will be awarded for each hour of conference participation, totaling 25 CEUs. If you wish to receive CEUs, please check
the appropriate box for all that apply and provide the corresponding license number (s):

Clinical Psychologist (LCP) license # _____________________________

LPC/LCPC license # __________________________________________
LSW/LCSW license # _________________________________________
LMFT license # ______________________________________________
References
Experiential learning can sometimes prove stressful. Therefore, individuals who are vulnerable because they are physically ill or are experiencing a period of significant personal
difficulty should forgo attendance at this time. Questions about the appropriateness of your participation should be addressed to one of the Co-Assistant Directors for
Administration through the phone number, email, fax or mail information on the front of this packet. In addition to the completed Conference Application Form and payment,
each applicant must provide two letters of reference from professionals who can document his or her capacity to participate in such an intensive learning experience. Please
provide the information requested below for two officers of your organization, faculty members, supervisors, personal therapists, and/or colleagues who know you well and can
document your personal integrity and capacity to participate in an intensive learning experience such as this. These individuals will be asked to write a letter and/or will be contacted
by phone or email to attest to the above.

Name of Recommender # 1 Title Organization

Address City State Zip

Phone E-mail

Name of Recommender # 2 Title Organization

Address City State Zip

Phone E-mail

Application Deadline
Applications must be processed by Monday, January 16, 2017 (midnight postmark) or the application will not be processed.
Please send completed application to:
Olivia Tinati and/or Kaitlyn Whitebread, Group Relations Conference
The Family Institute
618 Library Place, Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847)733-4300 ext. 590, Fax: (847)733-0390
Email: [email protected]