61st Annual Conference

Session 216
Group Therapy for Caregivers with Chronically Ill Family Members

Chair:              

Hindy Nobler, M.S.W., Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Presenter:           

Diane Marie Fischer, M.A., Student Therapist, University of Detroit Mercy,

Detroit, Michigan

A program will be described in detail that was established to work with caregivers of the chronically ill in a group setting.  The audience will be encouraged to  share their own experience and models and exchange ideas about group psychotherapy as it is applied to working with caregivers of the chronically ill.

Course References:

1. Brook, D. , Azima, F.  & Kanas, N. Group psychotherapy with special populations.  In Kaplin, H.

    (editor) Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy, (3rd ed.), 374-596.  Baltimore, MD: Williams &

    Wilkins Co.

2. Tomasulo, D. (Jan-March 2002). Stopping the "caregiver fatigue syndrome" through a self-

    support group program.  Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, 5(1), 16-21.

3. Kane, R. & Penrod, J. (1995). Family caregiving in an aging society: Policy perspectives.

    Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications, Inc.