63rd Annual Conference

Friday, February 24

Morning Workshops

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

Master Workshop 38         

Therapeutic Ideals and Therapists Humanity: Secrets, Shame and Guilt

Chair:         

Esther G. Stone, M.S.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Corte Madera, California

Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience

Therapists' humanity often conflict with their "therapeutic ideal". Misdemeanors that induce shame and guilt remain hidden and secret. Following a theoretical overview, participants will be asked to share their experiences of therapeutic delinquencies, the awareness of their emotional state during such happenings and consider the impact on themselves, their patients and group

Sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential-demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify which therapist enactments (delinquencies) are exploititve, harmful and/or shameful.

2. Identify which therapeutic enactments are therapist induced and which are patient induced.

3. Identify those enactments which facilitate the therapist's ability to be with theoatient and those that are exploitive.

4. Identify with their patient's experiences with secrets, shame and guilt.

Course References:

1. Psychoanalytic Dialogues: A journal of relational perspectives. 13(4), 451-533.

2. Rutan, J., & Stone, E. (2001). Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy. (3rd ed). The Guilford Press.

3. Simon, R. (1992). Treatment Boundary Violations: Clinical, ethical and legal consideration. Buttiten of Academy of Psychiatry & Law, 20(3), 269-288.