Thursday, February 20

All-Day Workshops

10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 33a

Promoting Affect Development Within an Integrated Model of Group Psychotherapy

Chair:  

Paul Kaye, Ph.D., Private Practice, Huntington Woods, Michigan

After surveying existing models of group psychotherapy which conceptualize the group process in terms of the individual, interpersonal and group-as-a-whole dynamics, the workshop will demonstrate the therapist's role in promoting and exploring the expression of affect in each of the stages of the group's life cycle.

sharing of work experiences-experiential-demonstration-didactic

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify the primary affects of focus during each of the stages of group development.

2. Utilize an integrated model of group psychotherapy in making meaningful interventions. Promote affect development within a developmental perspective.

Course References:

1. Agazarian Y, (1983).Theory of the invisible group applied to individual and group-as0awhole interpretations. Group, 7(2).

2. Horwitz, L.(1971), Group-Centerd Interventions in Therapy Groups. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 27, 423-439.

3. Saretsky, T. (1973). Active Techniques and Group Psychotherapy. New York:Jason Aronson.