64th Annual Conference
Thursday, March 8
Morning Open
Sessions
10:00
A.M.-1:15P.M.
Session
302
Echoes
of Katrina: Effects on Therapists and the Community
Chair:
Fern Cramer Azima, Ph.D., DFAGPA,
Associate
Professor in Psychiatry, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry,
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec City
Panelists:
Douglas Greve, M.D., CGP, FAGPA,
Private Practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jeffrey Kleinberg, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Training Analyst &
Senior Supervisor, Post Graduate Center for Mental Health, New York,
New York
D. Thomas Stone, Jr., Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Psychologist,
Clarity Consulting Group, LLP, San Antonio, Texas
Karen Travis, M.S.W., LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The echoes of Katrina still reverberate in New
Orleans and surrounding areas. The immediate effects in the
community, on therapists, caretakers, patients and others will be
described including the methods that were used to deal with this
trauma. Workshops and trauma relief modules will be outlined by the
speakers and deal with both their success and difficulties in
execution. Personal and case vignettes will be provided to study the
immediate and ongoing effects of this disaster, with special
emphasis on therapists and patients, and the need to have emergency
trauma protocols for future disaster.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1.
Recognize mechanisms of denial to trauma , as well as coping
resilient strategies.
2.
Diagnose organizational trauma
3.
Describe ways that group interventions can help both residents and
therapists.
4. Understand how to conduct a
facilitating safe and secure workshop in the aftermath of disaster
5. Understand the stages of psychological assistance to trauma
victims
Course References:
1. Dyson, M.
(2006).
Come
Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the color of
disaster. Texas: Basic Civitas Publisher.
2. Kleinberg, J. (2005). On the Job After 9/11: Looking at worker's
block through a group lens, Group Analysis. 38(2), 203-218.
3. Phillips, S. (2004). Countertransference: Effects on the group
therapist working with trauma. In B. Buchele and H. Spitz (Eds.).
Group Interventions for Treatment of Psychological Trauma. New York: AGPA 194-227, 38 (2): 203-218.
4. Stone, Jr. D.
and Kleinberg, J. (in press). Care for the Caregivers: A workshop
model. The Group Psychologist. APA , Division 49. |
