64th Annual Conference

Thursday, March 8

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M.

Workshop 15

Eating Disorders: The Group as a Conduit to Healing

Chairs:    

Patricia Kyle Dennis, Ph.D., CGP, Private Practice, St. Louis, Missouri

Anne Slocum McEneaney, Ph.D., CGP, Eating Disorder Specialist, New York, New York

The shame, isolation, and alexthymia common among people with eating disorders can be powerfully addressed in groups.  Interactions related to eating and the body can be used to identify and counteract these characteristic problems. This workshop will provide participants with skills to develop and successfully lead ED groups.
demonstration, sharing of work experiences, didactic, experiential

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify group interactions related to common eating disorder symptoms.
2. Detect his/her own eating and body concerns and their role in the therapeutic process.
3. Utilize this knowledge in clinical decision-making to foster healing in ED groups. 

Course References:

1. H. Harper-Giuffre and R. MacKenzie. (Eds.). (1992). Group Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
2. Tuttman, S. (1993). Countertransference and Transference in Groups. In H. Kaplan and B. Sadock. (Eds.), Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy (3rd ed.).98-104. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
3. McEneaney, A. (in press). Envy in Body Transference and Countertransference. In L. Navaro and S. Schwartzberg. (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on Competition, Envy and Gender. London: Bruner/Routledge.