Article archive / September 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 9. Source pages: 15.
Existential Psychotherapy – September 26 David Hayes, PhD, and Christen Cummins, LCSW, Present at the La Group Psychotherapy Society Fall Institute this Month
The Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society will hold its Fall Institute at the Behavioral Wellness Center, Baton Rouge General Hospital, on September 26.
Dr. David Hayes, and Christen Cummins, LCSW, will present on the topic of Existential Group Psychotherapy, including Existential Encounters, Fishbowl, and Large Group Discussion.
Dr. Hayes is a clinical psychologist and former Commander in the Navy, where he served for one year in Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as numerous other overseas assignments in the Navy Medical Service Corps. Dr. Hayes has been associated with LSU Mental Health since 1987, serving as senior staff and psychology internship director.
Christen Cummins, LCSW, has a background in social work and literature. Her social work degree is from Tulane University and Master’s is in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Ms. Cummins has been associated with LSU Mental Health since 2009, serving as a senior staff. Her clinical interests include psychodynamic, existential, and interpersonal individual and group psycho-therapy with adolescents and adults.
The Institute training will include the core tenets of Existential psychotherapy and the ways in which Existential group psychotherapy differs from traditional group psychotherapy techniques and theories.
The training is approved for psychologists, and is being reviewed for social workers and counselor boards.
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