66th Annual Conference
Thursday, February
19
Morning Open
Sessions
10:00
A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Session
301
Starting
Your First Group: Resistances and Transferences
Chair:
Richard M.
Billow, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, Director, Group Program, Derner
Institute, Adelphi University, Great Neck, New York
Panelists:
Melinda
Blitzer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Empire State College,
Sea Cliff, New York
Libby
O'Connor, LCSW,
Adjunct Professor, New York University, New York, New York
Heather
Perrin-Boyle, Psy.D., Private Practice, New York, New
York
Mark Sammons,
Ph.D.,
Private Practice, New York, New York
Discussants:
Eleanor
Counselman, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA,
Assistant
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont,
Massachusetts
Bernard
Frankel, Ph.D., ABPP, LCSW, FAGPA, Clinical Professor of
Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
This session
will address some of the challenges of starting a psychotherapy
group, from a psychoanalytic perspective. After an overview of the
"combined psychoanalytic" approach (Dr. Billow), the following
topics will be discussed: 1) Resistances to starting a group a.
therapist resistance b. patient resistance; 2) Initial anxieties
a. therapist anxieties b. patients anxieties; 3) Facilitating
interventions; 4) Errors and recovery; and 5) Progress report: six
months later. Dr. Counselman and Dr. Frankel will discuss the
presentations. Audience discussion follows.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Expand and
extend their understanding of relational theory.
2. Identify as
well as experience the various patterns of resistance,
countertransference, and countertransference resistance.
3. Increase their
repertoire of therapeutic interventions in group situations.
4. Increase their
awareness of errors and recovery in starting and maintaining a new
group.
Course References:
Billow, R. M.
(2009) The radical nature of combined psychotherapy. In press.
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 59.
Frankel, B. (2002)
Existential issues in group psychotherapy. International Journal of
Group Psychotherapy, 52[2], pp. 215-231.
Hopper, E. (2003) Traumatic experience in the unconscious life of
groups. London: Jessica Kingsley |
