62nd Annual Conference

Chair:

Sara Emerson, L.I.C.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Faculty, Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, Inc., Boston, MA

Diverse theoretical models all suggest that therapeutic action should be aimed at fostering the authentic engagement of members with themselves, one another and the therapist.  Immediacy and vitality reflect the vividness of her and now experience, with its sense of risk, exposure, discovery, and genuine affect.  This disengagement as it contributes to the group's process and development.

demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences-experiential

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Define immediacy in group therapy

2. Describe countertransference and its implications for disclosure to enhance immediacy in the group process

3. Explain the concept of intersubjectivity as the therapists' contribution to the therapeutic process

1.  Billow, Richard, Relational Group Psychotherapy, International Library of Group Analysis 26, 2003

2.  B.D. Cohen, V.L. Schermer. Therapist Self-Disclosure in Group Psychotherapy From an Intersubjective and Self Psychological Standpoint. Group, Vol.25,1/2,2001, pg.41-57.

3.  L.R. Ormont, Bringing Life into the Group Experience: The Power of Immediacy. Group vol.20,3,1996, pg. 201-221.