66th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 21

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Workshop 95

Beyond Nagging and Begging: Overcoming Organizational Resistance to Internal Group Referrals in College Counseling and Other Agency Settings

Presented under the auspices of the AGPA Groups in College Counseling and Other Educational Settings SIG

Chairs:                

Linda Muldoon, Ph.D., CGP, Groups Coordinator, University of Minnesota Counseling & Consulting Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sarah K. Nowak, Ph.D., Mental Health Practitioner, Hazelden Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center, Center City, Minnesota              

Susan M. Walker, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist, Group Therapy Coordinator, Counseling and Psychological Services, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

Group therapists in college counseling centers and other clinics too frequently encounter organizational resistance to referring clients to groups.  Workshop leaders will share some creative approaches to building group-supportive cultures and use small groups to help participants generate their own creative solutions and share these with the larger group.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify four or more broad approaches to increasing internal referrals to groups.

2. Learn several specific ideas that other counseling centers have used successfully to increase internal referrals to groups.

3. Participate in developing at least one new way to promote counseling groups in one’s own center or clinic.

Course References:

1. Klein, R.H. (1983). Some problems of patient referral for outpatient group psychotherapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 33, 229-241.

2. Quintana, S. M., Kilmartin, C., Yesenosky, J.,  & Macias, D. (1991). Factors affecting referral decisions in a university counseling center. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 22, 90-97.

3. Rutan, J.,S., Stone, W. N., & Shay, J.J. (2007). Forming a group.  In Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy (4th ed., pp. 108-128). NY: Guilford Press.