61st Annual Conference

Poster Session 6
Leading Multi-Family Groups of Families with a Small Child

Presenter:           

James Murphy, M.D., M.Div., CGP, Private Practice, New York, New York

This presentation  is about theories of group dynamics, group process and group

leadership in working with multi-family groups and about working experientially with

non-verbal interactions of parents and their baby or small child.

References:

1. Murphy, J.  (1998). Nonverbal interventions with infants and their parents. American Journal of

    Dance Therapy, 20(l), 37-54.

2. Stern, D. (1977). First relationship: Mother and infant. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

3. Laqueur, H.  (1972). Mechanisms of change in multiple family therapy. In  Sager, C. & Kaplan,

    H. (Eds.). Progress in group and family therapy, 400-415. New York: Brunner/Hazel.