66th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 21

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Master Workshop 84

Personal Change in the Later Phases of Group Development

Chair:                

Ariadne P. Beck, M.A., CGP, Private Practice, Indian Head Park, Illinois

Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience

This workshop addresses the characteristic processes in later phases of group development in ongoing or longer term groups.  The later phases produce a more complex structure for the support of change in individuals' core issues, challenging both clients and leaders in ways taht can be described and anticipated.

didactic-sharing of work experiences-demonstration-experiential

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Differentiate between individual process and processes whicha re typical of group-as-a-whole behavior, during later phases of group development.

2. Identify the informal leadership structure ina  group and to recognize the strengths and limitations of those roles in the group.

3. Describe and anticipate certain individual and/or group level crisis experiences and the group phase in which they are likely to occur.

4. Describe the salient characteristics of later group developmental phases and to predict the changes he/she will need to make in leadership style in order to facilitate group maturation.

Course References:

1. Beck, A. (1981). Developmental characteristics of the system forming process. In J. Durkin (ed.) Living Groups: Group psychotherapy and general system theory.

2. MacKenzie, R. (1997). Time-Managed Group Psychotherapy. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press. New York: Brunner-Mazel.

3. Roller, B. (1997). The Promise of group therapy: How to build a rigorous training and organizational base for group therapy in managed behavioral healthcare. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.