64th Annual Conference
Friday, March 9
Morning Open
Sessions
10:00 A.M.-1:15
P.M.
Session
307
Using a
Stage Play to Illuminate Competitive and Affiliative Dimensions of
Group Life
Chair:
Elizabeth Knight,
M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA,
Private Practice,
Houston, Texas
Panelists:
John Dluhy,
M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice,
Washington, DC
Robert Schulte,
M.S.W., CGP,
Private Practice,
Alexandria, Virginia
Thomas Wessel,
Ed.D., CGP,
Professor, Howard University, Washington, DC
Discussant:
Molly Donovan, Ph.D., CGP,
Private Practice, Washington, DC
A dramatic
reading of the play 'Rounding Third' by Richard Dresser will
illustrate the dynamic tension between the competitive and
affiliative dimensions of group life, including within the group
leader, between co-leaders and amongst members. A post-performance
discussion and a group exercise will allow participants to
experientially explore the competitive-affiliative dialectic in
their own approach to group leadership.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1.Analyze behaviors and relatedness within group life from the
perspective of the competitive/affiliative dialectic.
2. Formulate strategies to resolve group member ambivalence towards
either competitive or affiliative dimensions.
3. Extrapolate relational principles from the play's dramatic action
and apply to group psychotherapy.
Course References:
1. Nelson, V.,
Roller, B. (1991).
The Art of Co-Therapy. New York: The Guilford
Press.
2. Tzu, S. (6th Century B.C.).
The Art of War. Translated by Thomas
Cleary. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
3. Josselson, R. (1992).
The Space Between Us. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
4. Dresser. R. (2002).
Rounding Third. New York: Dramatic
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