Chapel Hill, Fri Sep 26 2025 - Fri Sep 26 2025

(26 Sep 2025 9:00 AM - 26 Sep 2025 4:00 PM )

An Introduction to Systems-Centered Training (for group and individual therapy)

SCT Workshop with Heather Twomey

Venue	CE-Credits	Track(s)	Level(s)
The Radical Healing Movement Studio 2007 Chapel Hill Road Chapel Hill NC	5.5	Clinical|General Interest	Open to All Levels

Event Details

In this one-day experiential practicum, participants learn to use the Systems-Centered training (SCT) method of Functional Subgrouping to reduce psychological defenses and develop the group's capacity for solving problems and applying common sense to everyday conflicts.

When: Fri, Sep 26, 9:00 - 4:00

For more information and to register, go to Details & Online Registration

Co-sponsored by the Carolinas Group Psychotherapy Society (CGPS), the Carolinas' affiliate of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

The Systems-Centered® Training and Research Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SCTRI maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the three sources of anxiety according to SCT theory
• Demonstrate one behavior for joining others to form a functional subgroup
• Describe the difference between a stereotypical and a functional subgroup

Presentation Content

This training opportunity includes theory and experiential work based on Agazarian's (1997) Theory of Living Human Systems (TLHS). With its systems-centered approach to group practice, TLHS represents a developed and comprehensive systems theory applied to groups, individuals and couples. The TLHS and its methods are accepted among group practitioners as evidenced-based by SCTRI's 2010 recognition for "Outstanding Contributions in Education and Training in the Field of Group Psychotherapy," awarded by the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists. SCT methods are regularly cited or included in handbooks and reviews of group psychotherapy practice. There is also significant peer reviewed, published support for the theory and its practice, including articles in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Group Dynamics, Small Group Research, Organizational Analysis and Group Analysis.

Presenters

Heather Twomey PhD heather.twomey@gmail.com
Heather Twomey is a clinical psychologist who has trained in Systems-Centered Therapy steadily since 1996. She is a licensed SCT practitioner who leads and co-leads in various SCT contexts, including conferences, workshops and training groups. Additionally, she practices in private practice where she conducts groups, individual and couples therapy. She completed her PhD in 1997 at Miami University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral internship at Emory University.

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