61st Annual Conference
Thursday,
February 26
Afternoon Open Sessions
3:00 – 6:00 P.M.
Session
305
Diversity in Aging: Group Work with Three Different Populations
Presented
under the auspices of the Diversity Special Interest Group and the
Gay,Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Special Interest Group
Chair:
George Saiger,
M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair Center for
Studies of
Psychotherapies
for the Aging, Washington School of Psychiatry,
Washington,
D.C.
Panelists:
Yael Danieli,
Ph.D., Director, Group Project
forHolocaust Survivors and
their Children,
New York, New York
Joel Frost, Ed.D.,
CGP, FAGPA,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology,
Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts
Nolan Penn, Ph.D.,
CGP, FAGPA,
UCSD, School of Psychiatry, La Jolla,
California
Discussant
Molyn Leszcz,
M.D., FRCPC,
Associate Professor and Head, Group Psychotherapy, University of
Toronto Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Three papers will be presented which will highlight some special
issues in groups for minority seniors. These papers will consider in
depth specific problem areas in conducting groups for seniors of
three different minority groups: Aging Holocaust survivors, gay men,
and bilingual Hispanic women.
Course References:
1.
Danieli, Y. (1994). As survivors age. National Center for Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical
Quarterly, 4(1), 1-7 and 4(2), 20-24.
2.
Frost, J. (1990). Developmentally keyed scheme for the placement of
gay men into
psychotherapy groups. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy,
40(2), 155-167.
3.
Leszcz, M. (1997). Integrated Group Psychotherapy for the Treatment
of Depression in the
Elderly. Group, 21(2), 89-113.
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