66th Annual Conference

Friday, February 20

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Workshop 47

Writing and the Group: Sparking Creativity and Professional Growth

Chair:                

Dominick Grundy, Ph.D., Private Practice, New York City, New York

In this workshop we will use the group setting to spark creative participation through writing. Writing enhances personal and professional growth; however, it can cause anxiety about self-exposure. Delay eats the soul. Group is an ideal setting for exploring such issues, both freeing the writer and strengthening the supportive links among members.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Utilize group setting to nurture creative and scholarly initiatives.

2. Identify aspects of writing feedback that strengthen group cohesion.

3. Select strategies to reduce procrastination over writing.

Course References:

1. Dluhy, M. (2007). An empty self: detached aloneness within the context of individual and group therapy. Group, 31 (1-2)17-29.

2. Grundy, D. (2007). What is a writing group? Dilemmas of the leader. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 57 (2) 133-151.

3. Wald, C. (Ed). (2005) The Resilient Writer. New York: Persea Books.