66th Annual Conference

Friday, February 20

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Workshop 41

"Three Faces of Community: From Selfobject through Intersubjectivity to Mutual Recognition

Chairs:                

Mary Dluhy, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Washington, DC

MaryAnn P. Dubner, Ph.D., CGP, Private Practice, Bethesda, Maryland

Rosemary A. Segalla, Ph.D., CGP, Private Practice, Washington, DC

This workshop will explore group development using relational principles; the selfobject (mirroring, twinship), the intersubjective (mutual influence), and the relational (mutual recognition). These "positions" oscillate within the individual and in the group-as-a-whole, not representing a developmental progression, but shaping the kind of community operating within the group.

didactic-experiential-demonstration-sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

l. Define three relational positions: selfobject, intersubjective, mutual recognition.

2. Identify signals which demonstrate the relational position in the group.

3. Analyze the leader's different roles when individual and group-as-a-whole are in different positions.

Course References:

1. Benjamin, J. (1992) Recognition and destruction:an outline of subjectivity. In N. Skolnick & S. Warshaw (Eds.), RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHOANALYSIS, Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.

2. Rubenfeld,S.,& Dluhy, M. (2004) Self-Psychological and relational advances in group therapy. GROUP, 28, 245-258.

3. Segalla, R.A., (1996) "The unbearable embeddedness of being:" self psychology, intersubjectivity and large group experiences. GROUP,20, 257-271.