67th Annual Conference

Friday, February 26

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 70

Building Communities for Kids

Presented in cooperation with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists

and the AGPA Child & Adolescent SIG

Chair:                

Tony L. Sheppard, Psy.D., CGP, President/Psychologist, Sheppard & Associates Psychological Services, Louisville, Kentucky

This experiential workshop, based upon the AGPA Child Group Therapy Curriculum, will demonstrate how to introduce a group process focus into work with children. Participants will engage with these concepts from the perspective of group leader as well as child participant. This dual experiential approach will enrich the clinician’s work in child group therapy.

experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Describe the ways that group process manifests in children’s groups.

2. Articulate an awareness of the power of process work with children.

3. Implement increased focus on group process in children’s therapy groups.

Course References:

Sheppard, T. L. (2008). Group psychotherapy with children. American Group Psychotherapy Association, Inc.: New York.

Siegel, D.J. (1999). The developing mind. The Guilford Press: New York/London.

Yalom, I.D. & Lescz, M. (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy, (5th Ed.). Basic Books: New York.