66th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 21

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Workshop 89

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy: A Multi-Systems Approach

Chairs:                

George Greenberg, Ph.D., LCSW, BCD, Private Practice, Brief Therapy Center and Family Therapy Center of New Orleans, LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana

Marvin W. Clifford, Ph.D., LCSW, BCD, Director of Group Therapy, Ochsner Health Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana

This workshop will present a model designed to deal with groups within groups and their individual members as well.  The model is derived from cognitive behavioral, interactional family and group therapies.  A variable attendance schedule is utilized that allows clients to attend the group for specific intervals of time.  Brief family therapy and interactional group techniques are utilized for the actual process of the group. 

didactic-experiential-sharing of work experiences-demonstation

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Have a working knowledge of this model and its development.

2. To understand the fundamental premises, structure, and methodologies of this group format.

3. Will further be able to operationalize this approach and integrate this into their current therapeutic group approaches.

4. Will be able to apply an interactional, collaborative, consultation model to group process therapy and techniques.

Course References:

1. Clifford, M. (1998).  A Short-Term Model of Social Group Work With Adults Theory, Practice, Teaching, and Evaluation.  Psychotherapy in Private Practice 17 (2), 1998.

2. Greenberg, G.S. (1999).  Brief, Change Delineating Group Therapy With Acute and Chronically Mentally Ill Clients.  In A Roy and S. deGlazer (Eds).  Evolving Brief Therapies:  In Honor of John W. Weakland (pp. 142-156). Ochsner, Il. Geist and Russel, Companies.

3. Leahy, R. L. (2003).  Cognitive Therapy Techniques:  A Practitioners Guide.  New York:  The Guilford Press.  Boston, MA:  Allyn and Bacon.