63rd Annual Conference

 

Thursday, February 23

Morning Workshops (3-Hour Workshops)

10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M.

 

Workshop 4

Deciding How to Choose: An Embarrassment of Riches

 

Chair:         

David A. Altfeld, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Faculty and Supervisor, Administrator, National Institute for the Psychotherapies  (NIP TI), New York,New York

 

If you are a group-as-a-whole, object-relational, intersubjective, self-psychological, existential, modern analytic, cognitive-behavioral group therapist, you are probably in good company. Together, we will examine this confusing array of opportunities and challenges, and see how we might tilt them to our advantage.

didactic-demonstration-experiential-sharing of work experiences

 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify major concepts of leading group therapy approaches and how they organize group process and behavior.

2. Specify the kinds of interventions that such theoretical allegiances might lead a therapist to make in group.

3. Evaluate one's own explicit and implicit theoretical and personal commitments that guide one's choices.

 

Course References:

1. Rubenfeld, S. & Dluhy, M. (2004). Self-Psychological and Relational Advances in Group Therapy. Group, 28, 245-258.

2. Kennard, D., Roberts, J., & Winter, D. (1993). A Work Book of Group-Analytic Interventions. London & New York: Routledge.

3. Ormont, L. (1999). Progressive Emotional Communication: Criteria for a well-functioning group. Group Analysis, 32, 140-150.