66th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 19

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 24

Leadership Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy: A Consultation Group

Chair:                

Etta H. Martin, M.S.W., LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Portland, Oregon

Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience

The participants in this half day workshop will be invited to share their experiences, the dilemmas they have encountered, and receive input from others.  The leader will demonstrate her group consultation model and assist participants in examining their leadership styles as well as analyzing their own involvement in group dilemmas.  Two possible dilemmas for leaders might be: containing the monopolizing participant and facilitating the resolution of conflict among members of the group.

sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential-demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify leadership dilemmas in group therapy and resolve them.

2. Utilize the group consultation model.

3. Demonstrate their leadership style and examine their own role in group dilemmas.

Course References:

1. Ormont, L. (2001).  The Technique of Group Treatment: The Collected Papers of Louis R. Ormont, Ph.D., Ed. Furgeri, L., Connecticut: Psychosocial Press.

2. Ormont, L. (1992). The group experience: From theory to practice. New York: St. Martin's Press.

3. Ormont, L.R., (1988). The leader’s role in resolving resistances to intimacy in the group setting. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.  38(1) 29-45.

4. Rosenberg, P.P. (1993).  Qualities of the group therapist. In H.I. Kaplan & B.J. Sadock (Eds.), Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy. (pp. 648-655). Baltimore: Williams& Wilkins.