67th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 25

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 36

Catch the World; Vicissitudes in an Intercultural Group

Chair:                

Maria van Noort, Psy.D., Private Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This workshop provides a safe space to experience and learn how to be at ease as an intercultural group leader. Specific intercultural themes like inclusion/exclusion, identity and acculturation strategies will be explored. Goal of the workshop is for the participants to enlarge their cultural competence potential without losing their creativity and joy.

experiential-didactic-sharing of work experiences-demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify acculturation strategies.
2. Discriminate phases of cultural shock and the accompanying stress factors
3. Expand potential of competence in intercultural situations.
 

Course References:

Akthar, S.(1995). A Third Individuation: Immigration, Identity and the Psychoanalytic Process in Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association, 43(4), pp1051-1084.

Salvendy, J.(1999). Ethnocultural Considerations in Group Psychotherapy in International Journal for Group Psychotherapy, 49 (4), pp429-464.

Achotegui, J.(2008). Immigrants Living in Extreme Situations. Lecture in Barcelona webpage www.migra-salut-mental.org.