66th
Annual Conference
Thursday, February 19
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M. & 2:30-5:00 P.M.
Workshop
1a
Examining the Need to Be Liked and Working Effectively with Anger
and Conflict in Groups
Chairs:
Jeffrey S.
Hudson, M.Ed., LPC, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Austin,Texas
Andrea E.
Pully, M.Ed., LPC, CGP, Private Practice, Austin, Texas
Our need to be
liked is universal. This workshop will help participants examine
group leaders’ and members’ need to be liked and identify clinical
issues where leaders may be inclined to be liked rather than be
effective. Of special significance is the leaders’ openness to all
the emotions experienced as counter-transference – including love,
hate, liking and disliking our clients. We will study ways of
encouraging a wide range of feelings in our groups. This includes
learning to welcome and explore aggression and negative
transferences with interest and freedom.
didactic-demonstration-experiential-sharing of work experiences
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Identify
group-related behaviors that were valued in the leader’s family.
2. Distinguish
clinical issues that may stimulate the leader’s need to be liked.
3. List guidelines
for establishing a group culture where members are free to love and
hate constructively.
Course References:
1. Gans, J. S. and
Weber, R. L. (2003). The Group Therapist’s Shame: A Much
Undiscussed Topic. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy,
53, 395-416.
2. Horwitz, L.
(2000). Narcissistic Leadership in Psychotherapy Groups.
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 48, 311-326.
3. Rosenthal, L.
(1987). Resolving Resistance in Group Psychotherapy. Northvale,
NJ: Jason Aronson Inc.
4. Sussman, M. B.
(Ed.). (1995). A Perilous Calling: the Hazards of Psychotherapy
Practice. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
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