Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience

Starting a group can be an exciting and anxiety-provoking experience! Important steps to consider: patient outreach and preparation, contract, and early group predictable problems. Support for the leader, ways of handling patient criticism, early dropouts and how to bolster one's sense of ability in leading groups will be addressed.

sharing of work experiences-demonstration-didactic-experiential

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify important steps to consider in patient preparation for group.

2. State the importance of the contract for a successful group.

3. Explain the importance of Leader having a support system in place.

References:

1.  Rutan, J., & Stone, W.(2001) Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books    

2.  Yalom, I., (1995). The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books.