63rd Annual Conference

Thursday, February 23

Afternoon Workshops

2:45-6:00 P.M.

Workshop 29

How to Work with Different Personality Adaptations in Group

Chair:   

Vann S. Joines, Ph.D., CGP, President and Director, Southeast

Institute for Group and Family Therapy, North Carolina

This workshop will include theory and experiential work to demonstrate how to use Redecision Therapy to work with six core personality adaptations in groups: Schizoid, Paranoid, Antisocial, Passive-Aggressive, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Histrionic.  By knowing the therapeutic "doors" to each adaptation, the therapist can quickly establish rapport, target interventions to the area that will have the greatest impact for change, and avoid becoming stuck in the client's defenses.

didactic-experiential-demonstration-Sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. List the six core adaptations and describe how they develop.

2. Identify the therapeutic "door" for each adaptation.

3. Distinguish between the positive and negative aspects of each adaptation.

4. Utilize this information in working effectively with clients with each adaptation.

Course References:

1. Kahler, T. (1982). Personality Pattern Inventory Validation Studies. Little Rock, AR: Kahler Communications, Inc.

2. Ware, P. (1983). Personality Adaptations. Transactional Analysis Journal, 13 (1), 11-19.

3.Joines, V. & Stewart, I. (2002). Introducing the Adaptations. In Personality

Adaptations: A new guide to human understanding in psychotherapy and

counseling . Nottingham & Chapel Hill: Lifespace Publishing.