 63rd
Annual Conference
Friday, February
24
Afternoon
Workshops
2:45-6:00 P.M.
Workshop
62
Object
Relations Group Psychotherapy
Chair:
Ramon Ganzarain,
M.D., FAGPA,
Emeritus Training
Analyst, Emory University, Professor of Psychiatry,
Psychoanalytic Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
Experience how
group-centered object relations psychotherapy focuses on the
primitive defenses
against "psychotic-like" anxieties and how splitting, denial,
projection, projective identification and introjection operate
attempting to protect the endangered self (paranoid fears) or the
loved/hated group (depressive concerns) from alleged damages.
Experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Distinguish the
paranoid group anxieties from the depressive ones.
2. List the
manifestations of the primitive defenses (denial, splitting,
projections,
introjections and
projective identification.)
3. Observe how the
interactions among sub-groups trigger paranoid or depressive
anxieties.
Course References:
1. Ganzarain, R.
(1992). Introduction to Object Relations Group Psychotherapy.
International
Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 42, 205-223.
2. Rice, A.
(1969). Individual, Group, and Inter-Group Processes, Human
Relations, 22,
568.
3. Weber, R.
(2005). Unraveling Projective Identification and Enactment. In L.
Motherwell & J.
Shay,
Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy, New York: Brunner
Routledge. 75-86.
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