 63rd Annual Conference
Thursday, February
23
Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M.-1:15
P.M.
Workshop
8
Co-Therapy Led Group Psychotherapy: Countertransference, Conflict,
and Cohesion
Presented under
the auspices of the AGPA Co-Therapy SIG
Chairs:
Barbara Kidder,
M.A.,
Private Practice,
Seattle, Washington
Eugene Kidder,
M.Div., CGP,
Private Practice,
Seattle, Washington
This workshop
explores/engages the complexities of countertransference which
develop within and between co-therapists and their group members. We
will examine ways intersubjective experience and attachments allow
the co-therapy team to aid members in mastering conflict, intimacy
and the achievement of a cohesive, working psychotherapy group.
Demonstration-experiential-sharing of work experiences-didactic
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Distinguish
countertransference born of cotherapist attachment vis-a-vis with a
member
2. Appraise the
styles of conflict in which cotherapists can be effective agents of
change
3. Select more
wisely with a criteria for choosing a co-therapist.
Course References:
1. Roller, B., &
Nelson, V. (1991).
The Art of Cotherapy. London & New York: The Guildford Press.
2. Polsby, G.
(1996). Cotherapy: An interpersonal encounter. National Group
Psychotherapy Institute and Conference on Interpersonal and
Existential Group Therapy.
3. Bernard, H.,
Lifshutz, H., Sanford, Drob. (1987). Compatibility Between
Cotherapists: An empirical report. Psychotherapy, 24(1).
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