63rd Annual Conference
Thursday, February
23
Afternoon
Workshops
2:45-6:00 P.M.
Workshop
30
The
Influence of Politics in Group and Individual Therapy
Chairs:
Gillian Fynn,
M.S.W., LCSW,
Private Practice,
Albany, California
Carla Haimowitz,
Ph.D.,
Private Practice, Oakland, California
Rose Phelps, M.S.,
MFT, CGP,
Private Practice, Oakland & Walnut
Creek, California,
Adjunct Faculty, Holy Names University, Oakland,
California
Clinical issues
arise as world events impact the psychotherapy relationship. Three
group therapists active in Therapists for Peace and Justice discuss
effective use of transference, counter-transference, self-disclosure
and balancing authenticity with neutrality when there are
political/philosophical differences in group and individual
therapy. Examples of political/clinical dilemmas will be shared in
large group experience.
Experiential-sharing of work
experience-didactic-demonstration
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Identify ways
in which political and philosophical differences between clients and
therapists impact treatment.
2. Name ways in
which group treatment is effective for treating individual fear,
shame and immobilization in the face of traumatic world events.
3. Describe ways
in which privacy and confidentiality may be compromised by HIPAA and
by Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act
4. Identify and
appropriately utilize self-disclosure, authenticity, transference
and counter-transference in effective ways when there are
political/philosophical differences between therapist and client.
Course References:
1. Elfant, A. &
Bernard, H. (2005).Tolerating the Intolerable. In L. Motherwell, &
J. Shay.
Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy. Brunner Routledge.
2. Lakoff, G.
(2002).
Moral Politics. University of Chicago Press.
3. Lappe, F.
(2004).
You Have the Power: Choosing courage in a culture of fear,
Tarcher/Penguin.
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