66th Annual Conference

 

Friday, February 20

Morning Open Sessions

10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.

 

Session 309         

Developing Group Interventions in the College Counseling Center

 

Presented under the auspices of the AGPA College Counseling and Other Educational Settings SIG

 

Chair:

Joshua M. Gross Ph.D., ABPP, CGP,  FAGPA, Psychologist and Group Psychotherapy Coordinator, The University Counseling Center, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                               

Panelists:           

Dallas R. Jensen, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Counseling and Career Center, Provo, Utah

Rebecca MacNair-Semands, Ph.D., CGP, Assistant Director, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

Anne McEneaney, Ph.D., CGP, Psychologist, NYU Counseling Center, New York, New York

 

This is the fifth Open Session program offering a series of papers on various issues and processes surrounding group development in counseling centers.  Four new papers by experienced mental health professionals who work in the student counseling venue will provide information and problem solving discussion about group psychotherapy program development.

 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify how research methods using the CORE Battery may assist in group therapy programming. 

2. Integrate group process and outcome data into group psychotherapy training and practice.

3. Apply theory of supervision and organizational process in group psychotherapy program development.

 

Course References:

1. Bernard, H. & MacKenzie, K.R. (1994). Basics of Group Psychotherapy. The Guilford Press, New York, NY.

2. Burlingame, G. M., Strauss, B., Joyce, A., MacNair-Semands, R., MacKenzie, K. R., Ogrodniczuk, J., & Taylor, S. (2006). CORE Battery-Revised: An assessment tool kit for promoting optimal group selection, process, and outcome. New York: American Group Psychotherapy Association.

3. Leszcz, M., Kobos, J.,  Bernard, H., Burlingame, G., Greene, L.,   Flores, P.,  Joyce, A., MacNair-4. Semands, R.,  McEneaney, A. ,  Piper, W., & Feirman, D. (2007). Practice Guidelines for Group Psychotherapy. American Group Psychotherapy Association, New York, NY.