63rd Annual Conference

Thursday, February 23

Afternoon Workshops

2:45-6:00 P.M.

Workshop 24

Caring for the Caregivers: Experiences, Thought and Reflections

Chairs:   

Trish Cleary, M.S., LCPC-MFT-ADC, CGP, Private Practice, Chevy

Chase, Maryland

Felicia Einhorn, LCSW, DCSW, CGP,

Madelyn Miller, LCSW, ACSW, CGP,

A focus on Caring for the Caregivers is among AGPA's Best Group Practice Disaster Protocols developed post 9/11.  In a peer-focused environment, we will share our work experiences with disaster, trauma, and loss in a climate of global uncertainty.  Together we will also explore and reinforce our resourcefulness and resiliency.

Sharing of work experiences-experiential-didactic-demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify cumulative stress responses experienced by disaster relief providers.

2. Describe restorative experiences in a supportive/expressive group.

3. Discuss the curative power of group.

Course References:

1. R. Klein, & V. Schermer, (Eds.). (2000). Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma. New York: Guilford Publications.

2. Miller, M. (2003). Working in the Midst of Unfolding Trauma and Traumatic Loss: Training as a collective process of support. Psychoanalytic Social Work, Special Issue on the Aftermath of September 11th, 10(1), 7-25.

3. Saakvitne, K. (2002).  Shared Ttrauma: The therapists' increased vulnerability. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 12, 443-450.