67th
Annual Conference
Saturday, February 27
Morning Workshops
9:00 - 11:30
A.M.
Workshop
79
Sustainable Programs:
Teaching Group Therapy Using Structured Exercises
Chairs:
Paul D Cox, M.D., CGP,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, U C Davis School of
Medicine, Sacramento, California
Joan M. Koenig, M.A., NP, CGP, Lecturer, New York Medical
College, Valhalla, New York
Kenneth M. Pollock, Ph.D., CGP, Assistant Professor, New
York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
Designed for group psychotherapy trainers. An integrated program
using a variety of structured approaches and exercises developed to
train psychiatric residents and graduate students will be shared.
Content include: translation of theory into intervention, how to
utilize unique properties of groups when intervening,
self-assessment of counter-transference, practice leading of groups,
and more.
demonstration-didactic-experiential-sharing of work experiences
Learning Objectives:
1. Incorporate into his/ her existing teaching repertoire an
exercise-based approach to instruction and supervision that enhances
the training of developing group therapists.
2. List ten unique properties of group therapy that offer
therapeutic opportunities different from those found in individual
psychotherapy
3. Describe and employ specific interventions linked to various
unique properties of groups in a fashion consistent with his or her
own theoretical framework.
Course References:
Pollock K.M.; Kymissis P., The Future
of Adolescent Group Therapy Journal of Child and Adolescent Group
Therapy, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2001, pp. 3-11(9)
Miles, MB, Learning to Work in Groups:
A Program Guide for Educational Leaders Teachers College Press,
1973: New York.
Berman, A., Groups Psychotherapy
Training: Issues and Models Small Group Research. 1975; 6: 325-344. |
