66th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 21

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Workshop 91

Building Lasting Couple Relationships Through Separate Group Therapy for Each Partner

Chairs:                

Darryl B. Feldman, ABPP, CGP, Private Practice, Dix Hills, New York

Gloria Batkin Kahn, Ed.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Hartsdale, New York

The utilization of group therapy as a community for enhancing relationship skills, resolving early wounds and creating empathy for partners will be demonstrated and discussed.  Power struggles in the couple and in group will be addressed by the combination of group process with Imago Relationship Therapy.

didactic-experiential-demonstration-sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Cite three rules for emotional safety that help build lasting couple relationships.

2. Specify two curative factors of group therapy that ameliorate relationships in the group, in the couple and in the community.

3. Describe two techniques the group therapist can employ to constructively address projective gridlocks in the couple, in the group and in the community.

Course References:

1. Brok, A. (2004).  Couple dynamics, group dynamics, general dynamics?  The impact of group on couples and some thoughts on training for couple therapy.  Group, 28(2), 127-141.

2. Hendrix, H., & Hunt, H.C. (2004).  Receiving love:  Transform your relationship by letting yourself be loved.  New York: Atria.

3. Kahn, G., & Feldman, D. (2007).  Utilization of separate group therapy as an adjunctive modality for couples treatment.  Group, 31(3), 137-151.