67th
Annual Conference
Friday, February 26
Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Workshop
50
Group
Process in the NOW
Chair:
Judye Hess,
Ph.D., CGP, Professor, California Institute of Integral
Studies, San Francisco, California
Open to
participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy
experience
Workshop
participants will learn a variety of techniques from Gestalt
Therapy, Psychodrama and Encounter, which will help them build
skills of direct communication. The guidelines, such as "remaining
in the here and now", which will promote intense and immediate group
experience, can be applied to their psychotherapy groups.
experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1.Identify stages
of group development and learn to use appropriate interventions at
each stage.
2.Utilize
confrontation in group therapy without encouraging scapegoating
behavior.
3.Practice using
therapist transparency in a group setting.
4.Utilize
techniques for enhancing self-awareness and honest communication in
groups.
5.Deepen the level
of therapeutic work in a safe and responsible manner.
Course References:
Gestalt Therapy:
The Art of Contact by Serge Ginger , Karnac books, 2007.
Gestalt Therapy:
History, Theory and Practice by A.L. Woldt & S.M.Toman,
_Psychology_, 2005.
Elements of
Encounter by William Schutz, Joy Press, Big Sur, Ca. 1973. |
