67th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 25

Afternoon Open Sessions

Session 306

Conversations about Organizational Leadership

Presented under the auspices of the Affiliate Societies Assembly and

the AGPA Nominating Committee

Chair:

Eleanor Counselman, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Presenters:

David Hawkins, M.D., CGP, DLFAGPA, Private Practice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Michael Hegener, M.A., L.P.C., CGP, Private Practice, Austin, Texas

Etta Martin, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Portland, Oregon

J. Scott Rutan, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Faculty, Boston Institute of Psychotherapy, Brookline, Massachusetts

Sherrie Smith, LCSW-R, CGP, FAGPA, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Social Work), University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York

Group therapists are well prepared to be organizational leaders because of their ability to attend to the interpersonal aspects of organizations and the affective experience of leadership. Six senior group therapists in positions of either local or national leadership will discuss their leadership experiences first with each other and then with the audience. Specific topics will include: best moments, worst moments, finding support, mentoring, dealing with anxiety and shame, developing one's personal leadership style, and how group therapy training has helped their paths to leadership. Does group therapy training ever work against effective organizational leadership?  

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify two ways in which being a group therapist helps with organizational leadership.
2. Discuss one positive and one negative aspect of mentoring.
3. Describe emotionally intelligent leadership.

Course References:

Counselman, E.F. (2008). Why study group therapy? International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 58, 265-272.
 

Goleman, D. (2004). What makes a leader? Harvard Business Review, January: 82-91.
 

Kotter, J.P. (2001). What leaders really do. Harvard Business Review, December, 85-96.