​Schedule 
​​8:00 am – 8:30 am    Coffee & Registration
8:30 am – 10:15 am    Introduction of Concepts
10:15 am – 10:30 am    Discussion & Debrief
10:30 am – 10:45 am    Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm    Small Experiential Group #1
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm    Lunch & Sponsor Panel
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm    Demonstration Group
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm    Discussion & Debrief
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm    Break
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm    Small Experiential Group #2
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm    Integration of Concepts
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm    Group as a Whole

*Schedule subject to change

​​2024 Fall Institute

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 8:00am - 5:30pm
Presenters: Michael Cascio, LCSW, BCD, CGP and Steven K. Bordelon, LCSW
Presentation Title: The Importance of Group Psychotherapy as a Path to Fulfilling our Deepest Longings for Connection to SELF, Intimate Belonging to Others and Meaningful Connection to Spirit and Higher Power

7.25 CEUs

Location: Cook Hotel & Conference Center at LSU
3848 West Lakeshore Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808​

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About the Institute
We all want connection and to experience the deep sense of safety and belonging that comes with it. This conference will focus on how to work with this innate desire and the vulnerability that comes with it in groups. It will explore didactically and experientially attachment science, concepts from emotionally focused therapy and internal family systems therapy, as well as the therapist as a self and notions of self-care. Specific interventions will be presented to help participants learn to take the powerful forces of attachment and use them for the good of the group.
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​About the Presenters

Michael Cascio, LCSW, BCD, CGP

Michael Cascio is a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Group Psychotherapist with 48 years of experience. Early on in his career he sought out training in gestalt group psychotherapy and continued his learning utilizing education offered by the American Group Psychotherapy Association, as well as many years of training through LGPS Institutes. Throughout his career he has utilized group psychotherapy as an important part of his work with clients in his own private practice. He has served as a group facilitator for numerous retreats, as well as facilitating groups in numerous outpatient and residential treatment settings, facilitating experiential groups for LSU clinical interns, and serving most years as an experiential small group facilitator for LGPS trainings. In addition, since 2015 he has pursued additional training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, an attachment-based model that has been extensively researched and cited as highly effective for couples, individuals, and families. In recent years he has also focused on receiving training in Internal Family Systems Therapy to offer clients a comprehensive approach to understanding Self and healing within. 

Steven K. Bordelon, LCSW

Steve Bordelon graduated from Tulane University School of Social Work in 1990. He has been in private practice in psychotherapy since 1993. While he has trained in several psychotherapy models, his current practice is most predominantly influenced by Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. He is a certified therapist and supervisor in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. He consults with therapists in Louisiana who are using and learning the EFT model for couples, families, and individuals. He lectures on couples and family therapy at the LSU psychiatric residency program in Baton Rouge. He has presented and facilitated trainings, as well as couples retreats, based on the EFT couples therapy model, and is the past president of the Louisiana Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy. 

​Learning Objectives
1. Participants will learn Attachment Theory as being foundational to our deepest longings for connection to Self, and others.
2. Participants will learn integration of Attachment Theory in group therapy that promotes corrective emotional experiences.
3. Participants will learn basic concepts of Emotionally Focused therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) as relevant to group therapy.
4. Participants will learn about basic EFT concepts, primary emotion and secondary reactions.
5. Participants will learn about basic IFS concepts, protective parts, exiles, and Self.
6. Participants will engage in experiential exercises to explore Attachment Theory, IFS and EFT concepts.
7. Participants will have the opportunity in small Experiential groups to practice Attachment related concepts, IFS, and EFT.

2024 Fall Institute Experiential Group Leaders 

August Boyd, LCSW-BACS

Christen Cummins, LCSW-BACS

Jason Crooks, LCSW

Jay Martinez, LCSW-BACS, LAC

Jessica Gibson, LPC-S

Jonathan Breaux, LCSW, CGP

​Karen Travis, LCSW-BACS, CGP, BCD, AGPA-F

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