 64th
Annual Conference
Saturday, March 10
Morning Workshops
8:45 A.M. – 12:00 Noon
Workshop 74
Group's Promise: Enhancing Emotional Connection Between Members
Chair:
Gregory MacColl, LCSW, CGP,
Private Practice, New York, New York
Being direct with one's feelings
towards another is something most of us shy away from. By encouraging members to
be direct, to share their feelings towards
one another and the leader, we begin to see how they become uncomfortable and shy away from
contact. We are then able to intervene.
experiential, sharing of work
experiences, demonstration, didactic
Learning Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1. Identify when members avoid emotional contact.
2. Describe ways members resist being direct to others.
3. Prepare members to be more open to communicating affect.
Course References:
1. Ormont, L. (1970). The Use of Objective Countertransference to
Resolve Group Resistances.
Group
Process.
3, 95-110.
2. Gans,
J. and Alonso, A. (1998). Difficult Patients: Their construction in
group therapy.
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 48, 311-326.
3.
Yalom, I. (1985).
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy.
New York: Basic Books.
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