61st Annual Conference

Session 217
Collaborative Game Playing: Creating a Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy Program within a Managed Care Environment

Chair:              

Howard Markus, Ph.D., CGP, Psychologist, Unity Health System of

Rochester, Rochester, New York

Presenters:           

Elizabeth Driscoll, CSW, Therapist, Unity Health System of Rochester,

Rochester, New York

Andrea Fedoruk, M.S.W., CGP, Therapist/Team Leader, Unity Health

System of Rochester, Rochester, New York

James Meyer, Ph.D., CGP, Coordinator of Group Psychotherapy, Unity

Health System of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Joseph Russo, Psy.D., CGP, Outpatient Service Coordinator, Unity Health

System of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Lynne Smith Wheeler, M.S.Ed., CAS, Therapist, Unity Health System of

Rochester, Rochester, New York

Historically, it has been challenging to develop a comprehensive group psychotherapy program that maintains clinical integrity while fostering a collaborative relationship to secure funding from managed care organizations. This presentation will share how Unity Health System, a hospital based program, has been successful in this endeavor over the past five years.

Course References:

1. Budman, S., Demby A. & Redondo, J. (1988). Comparative outcome in time-

    limited individual and group psychotherapy. International Journal of Group

    Psychotherapy, 38, 63.

2. Klein, R. (1993). Short-term Group Psychotherapy. In HI Kaplan & B.J. Sadock

    Eds. Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy 3rd Ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins,

    256-270.

3. MacKenzie, K. (1990). Introduction to time-limited group psychotherapy.

   Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.