66th
Annual Conference
Saturday, February 21
Afternoon
Workshops
1:30
- 4:00 P.M.
Workshop 88
Beyond
Words: Using Music, Movement, and Breathing to Facilitate and Deepen
the Group Process
Chair:
Jane
Burbank, M.S.W., LCSW, Private Practice, New York, New York
Open to
participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy
experience
Music,
movement and breathing techniques will be emphasized with limited
use of conventional talk therapy. Non-verbal techniques encourage
access to the whole body which help to reduce anxiety, promote
mindfulness, and open the mind-body connection. Non-verbal
techniques encourage deepening of affect, which allows for the
emergence of early unprocessed experience into the group process.
experiential-demonstration-sharing of work experiences-didactic
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1.
Identify
techniques which help reduce anxiety and stress.
2. Experience the
value of processing and experiencing "memories" through the body
without focusing on "thoughts."
3. Locate feelings
or emotions being expressed through the body.
4.
Identify when they
are experiencing being "in or out" of their body.
Course References:
1. The Developing
Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact To Shape Who We Are -
Daniel J. Siegel, Guilford Press, NY 2007.
2. Musicophilia:
Tales of Music and the Brain - Oliver Sacks (author) Knopf
(publisher) NY 2007.
3. This is Your
Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession -Daniel J. Levitan
(author) - Penguin Group, NY 2007.
4. (2003) How
emotions can negatively affect performance- Allegro, January, p.14. |
