Spring 2026 Institute
Saturday and Sunday, April 11-12, 2026 8:00AM - 5:30PM
Presenter: Jeanne L. Bunker, LCSW, CGP, AGPA-F
Presentation Title: Befriend Your Aggression to Disentangle and Liberate Yourself from Internalized Misogyny (and Toxic Masculinity)
12.5 CEUs
Location: The Cook Hotel and Conference Center at LSU
3848 W Lakeshore Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
*Special Rates for attendees through the link below
About the Institute
Living in a society, culture or family with traditional patriarchal values influences how we relate to gender, our own and everybody else’s. Gender programming limits who we believe we can be. It harms everyone, implanting gender bias and nurturing self-hate. Too many of us are stymied, tied in knots, shutdown, depressed, scared, enraged, and self-destructive due to internalized beliefs about gender. And in a world where might make right and power-over is more common than power -with, where tender feelings are ridiculed, and self-criticism can be an ongoing monologue tearing the self to pieces, aggression is often feared, judged and reviled. We are a society preoccupied with a faulty concept of aggression, equating it with anger, cruelty, abuse, violence. Whether we are perpetrating or fighting against perpetration, we lump all of it together in a singular view of aggression, therefore identifying aggression as all bad, perhaps even malevolent. But aggression is necessary for life, love, creativity, desire, intimacy, healing. We will take steps together to befriend our aggression and utilize its power to disentangle and heal from our internalized misogyny.
Jeanne L. Bunker, LCSW, CGP, AGPA-F
Jeanne L. Bunker, LCSW, CGP, Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association is a licensed clinical social worker and certified group psychotherapist with over three decades of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Pomona College. Her training includes extensive work in abnormal psychology, group dynamics, diagnosis and treatment planning, and clinical research, along with multiple therapy and case management internships.
Jeanne serves on the faculty of the Center for Group Studies in New York and is licensed to practice in Washington, New York, and Texas. Her service to the profession includes active involvement in national and regional organizations supporting group psychotherapy and social work. She has received multiple recognitions for excellence in group leadership and training, including the Harold S. Bernard Group Psychotherapy Training Award. Jeanne brings a depth of clinical wisdom, teaching experience, and long-standing commitment to group psychotherapy to her speaking and training work.
View Jeanne's CV here.
