63rd Annual Conference
Thursday, February
23
Morning A.M.
10:00
A.M.-1:15P.M.
Session
301
Current
Research in Group Psychotherapy
Presented under
the auspices of the AGPA
Research SIG
Chair:
Jennifer E.
Johnson, Ph.D.,
Research Fellow,
Brown University,
Department of
Psychiatry and Human Behavior,
Providence,
Rhode
Island
Discussant:
Bernhard
Strauss, Ph.D., Director of the
Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital
Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jewna, Germany
Title:
Group Psychotherapy for Women with a History of
Childhood Trauma: A
Treatment Outcome
Study
Authors: Anne Fourt, BScOT,
M.Ed.;J udith
I. Langmuir, MT-BC, MTA; Kalam
Sutandar-Pinnock, MSc.;
Tracey Tully, RN, MSc, Ph.D.
Title:
The Social Relations Model and Group Therapy Research
Authors:
John Ogrodniczuk,
Ph.D.; William Piper, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA,
Title:
A Randomized Controlled Study of Group Psychotherapy
for Patients
with Work Related
Depression (burn-out)
Author: Christer
Sandahl, Ph.D., presenter
Title:
Group Leaders’ Negotiation of Authority in
Involuntary-Client Groups: Frames of Teacher, Mother, Martial
Artist, Latino, and Therapist
Author: Trudy
Duffy, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Title:
Attachment Style as a Predictor of Behavior in Group
Counseling with Preadolescents
Authors:
Varda Dvir, Ph.D.; Zipora Shechtman,
Ph.D.
Research in group
psychotherapy continues to demonstrate the clinical utility of group
treatments and to assist in the development and validation of
various treatment techniques. Presenters will detail findings from
their current research. A senior discussant (Bernhard Strauss,
Ph.D.) will critique findings and discuss their application to
clinical practice.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Critique the
clinical utility of current group research.
2. Consider the
implications of empirical findings for the practice of group
psychotherapy.
3. Summarize
recent findings in group psychotherapy research and outline
directions for future inquiry.
4. Discuss
important principles related to developing and conducting effective
group therapies.
Course References:
1.
Burlingame, G., MacKenzie, K., & Strauss, B. (2003).
Small Group Treatment: Evidence for effectiveness and mechanisms of
change. In M. Lambert, (Ed.).
Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change
647-696. New York: Wiley.
2. Green, L.
(2000). Group Psychotherapy Research: Current status and future
trends on the dawn of a new millenium. Group, 24(2-3), 157-165.
3. Shectman, Z.
(2002). Child Group Psychotherapy in the School at the Threshold of
a New Millenium. Journal of Counseling and Development, 80(3),
293-299. |
