67th Annual Conference

Friday, February 26

Session 209

Treating High-Risk Adolescents: The Trainees Experience

Chair:        

Walter N. Stone, M.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Panelists:    

Judith Saeks Gable, M.S.W., LCSW,, Clinical Program Director, Cleo Eulau Center, Mountain View, California

Beth Anne Walton, M.S., MFT, Clinical Supervisor, Cleo Euleu Center, Mountain View, California

This session will focus on the student therapist learning in conducting groups with high-risk adolescents who are in closed setting probation schools.  We will summarize the context, and the student therapist will present fresh clinical material for supervision.  The focus will be on the student therapist's educational experience, learning to work with this population within a complex educational environment.

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. evaluate the system in which the treatment takes place.

2. Describe the learning tasks of the student/trainee in conducting groups with this population

3. Describe potential countertransferences in working with this population, both for supervisor and trainee.

Course References:

Firall, C., & Gleeson, A. (2007). Daring to Engage:  Psychoanalysis for Young Offender in a Unit-based therapy Programme. Group Analysis, 40, 43-58.

Gleeson A., & Fairall, C. (2007). Delinquency in the Mind of an Organization.  Group Analysis 40, 538-550. 

Ruble, N.M, & Turner, W.L. (2000). A Systemic Analysis of the Dynamics and Organization of Urban Street Gangs.  The American Journal of Family Therapy, 28, 117-132.

Raubolt, RR (1989) The Clinical Practice of Group Psychotherapy with Delinquents.  In F.J. Azima-Cramer & L.H. Ricmond (eds) Adolescent Group Psychotherapy (pp 143-162). Meridian CT: International Universities Press