64th Annual Conference

Saturday, March 10

Morning Workshops

8:45 A.M.- 12:00 noon

Session 78

Increasing Aliveness and Countertransference Exploration in Co-Led Psychotherapy Groups

Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience.

Chairs:

Jeanne Bunker, M.S.S.W., CGP,  Private Practice, Austin, Texas

Jay M. Erwin-Grotsky, M.S.S.W., M.A., CGP, Private Practice, Austin, Texas

We will explore how co-led groups can enliven and inform the process of group therapy, understand countertransference reactions, and apply Modern Analytic techniques to the group process. We will explore how to create cohesive and lasting co-leading relationships.  We will use a mix of didactic and experiential teaching modalities.          

Experiential, Didactic, Sharing of work experiences, Demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1.  Create and maintain an effective co-therapy relationship.
2.  Identify and analyze countertransference in a co-led therapy group.
3.  Differentiate and distinguish between subjective and objective countertransference.
4.  Utilize the Modern Analytic technique of bridging.

Course References:

1. Ormont, L. (1992). The Group Therapy Experience: From Theory to Practice. NY: St. Martin's Press.

2. Ormont, L. (2001). The Technique of Group Treatment. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.

3. Roller, B. & Nelson, V. (1991). The Art of Co-Therapy: How therapists work together. New York: Guilford Press.

4. Rosenthal, L. (1987). Resolving Resistance. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc.