66th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 19

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 20

The Meaning of Money In Our Personal and Professional Lives

Chairs:

Michael Hegener, MA, LPC, CGP, Private Practice, Austin, Texas

Mary Nicholas, M.Ed., LCSW, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, New Haven, Connecticut

Our personal symbolizations of money are mediated through family history and culture, Inadequately processed, our relationships with money can result in erratic fee-setting, contracting and/or collections, and in difficulty discussing money issues openly in group. This workshop will help therapists resolve their own and their groups' shame and anxiety regarding money and improve their business practices.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1.  Cite at least three possible psychological meanings money might have.

2.  Analyze the personal affective components of one's relationship with money.

3.  Identify any of their own and others' anxieties associated with money issues.

4.  Plan a strategy for dealing with these anxieties.

Course References:

Cohen, P. (1996). Symbolic Communication in Modern Group Therapy.  Modern Group, 1(1), 19-31.

Gans, J. (1999).  Money and Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy.  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 42(1), 133-152.

Forward, S. & Buck, C. (1994).  Money Demons:  Keeping Them from Sabotaging Your Relationships and Your Life.  New York:  Bantam Books.