Attachment in Group Psychotherapy

About Cheri MarmaroshEric B. SpiegelPhDRayna Markin

Cheri L. Marmarosh PhD ABPP CGP is a professor of professional psychology at the George Washington University and a licensed psychologist. She has published numerous empirical and theoretical articles that focus on how group and individual therapy facilitate change. She has supervised the research and clinical work of many doctoral students in the DC area. She is also an associate editor of Group Dynamics: Theory Research and Practice and Psychotherapy: Theory Research Practice and Training. She is the current editor of the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy (AGPA). Dr. Marmarosh is the past president of APAs Division 49 and on the board of Division 29. She is a fellow of APA Division 29 (Psychotherapy) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). She was awarded the Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year Award (Division 49) in 2021 and the Mentor and Training in Psychotherapy Award (Division 29) in 2020. Dr. Marmarosh has a private practice in Washington DC. and Northern VA.Rayna D. Markin PhD is associate professor at Villanova University and a licensed psychologist with a private practice specializing in pregnancy loss and infertility. She is associate editor of Psychotherapy: Theory Research Practice and Training. Dr. Markin has over 40 published articles books and book chapters on the psychotherapy relationship and psychotherapy for pregnancy loss and is the author of the upcoming book Psychotherapy for Pregnancy Loss: Applying Relationship Science to Clinical Practice. Dr. Markin is frequently interviewed in the media on topics related to pregnancy loss and infertility. She has held several leadership positions in Division 29 of the APA and served on the Third Interdivisional APA Task Force on evidence-based relationships and responsiveness.Eric B. Spiegel PhD is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. He enjoys working across therapeutic modalities offering individual couples and group psychotherapy in his practice. Dr. Spiegel specializes in anxiety and mood disorders attachment and relationship issues clinical hypnosis mindbody psychology and trauma. He is involved in several professional organizations including the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). In 2012 he was honored by ASCH with the Early Career Achievement Award. He currently serves as the moderator of the Board of Governors and as a member of the Executive Committee for ASCH. He received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland in 2005.