66th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 21

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Workshop 85

Keeping it Real: Transforming Theory into Technique in Group

Chair:                

Andrew Eig, Ph.D., Faculty, Adelphi University, New York, New York

This workshop illuminates the leader's role in utilizing theory to formulate active interventions that promote emotional engagement between group members.  Particular attention will be paid to how therapists can use themselves to create dynamic group experience.

demonstration-experiential-didactic-sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Create new interventions based on their own theoretical approach to group.

2. Identify their own internal group theory.

3. Distinguish between the current major theoretical approaches to group.

Course References:

1. Renik, O. (1993) Analytic interaction: Conceptualizing technique in light of the analyst’s irreducible subjectivity. The psychoanalytic quarterly, 62:553-571.

2. Billow, R.M. (2003) Relational group psychotherapy: From basic assumptions to passion. London and New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

3. Hoffman, I. (1998) Ritual and spontaneity in the psychoanalytic process. Hillsdale, New Jersey: The Analytic Press.