67th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 25

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 32

Multiple Family Therapy: Groups for Change

Chair:                

Frédéric La Belle, M.F.A., CGP, Director (retired), Montreal Family Institute, Quebec, Canada

A model of training, supervision and practice for Multiple Family Therapy (and Adult Therapy) Groups. Using principles of both Peter Laqueur and Virginia Satir (my MFT group trainers, in addition to Alberto Serrano and Scott Rutan) this experiential presentation offers participants a dynamic process of group training and practice working with families in different contexts, mandatory as well as voluntary.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Apply systemic principles to groups of families (5 or 6) as part of a treatment team.
2. Conduct or co-lead groups for families and individuals with colleagues from different mental health disciplines.
3. Practice and promote change in families thru modeling, intervention, and the use of dynamic techniques (e.g., family sculpting, doubling, "empty chair", etc.,) using systems thinking.
 

Course References:

Multiple Family Therapy: Questions and Answers, H. Peter Laqueur M.D., in Techniques of Family Psychotherapy; Ed. D.A. Bloch, Grune & Stratton, New York, 1973. (pp. 75-85).

Peoplemaking, Virginia Satir, Science & Behavior Books, Palo Alto, 1972.

Therapies Multifamiliales, Editor: Solange Cook-Darzens, Er�s, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 2007. (I am included in the Annex (p.379) as MFT trainer in France.)
 

Vue d'ailleurs et autrement: le comment, Frédéric La Belle, in PSYCHOTROPES (a refereed journal) 2007/3-4, Vol. 13,(pp.267-274).

There Are No Accidents, Robert H. Hopcke, Riverhead Books, New York, 1997.