61st Annual Conference

Workshop 15
Treating Narcissism in Groups: Opportunities & Hazards

Chairs:            

Raymond Battegay, M.D., FAGPA, Professor of Psychiatry, University of

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Leonard Horwitz, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Training Analyst, Greater Kansas

City Psychoanalytic, Kansas City, Kansas

Each member's narcissism impacts that of the other participants. On this basis, members have a chance to enter with others more mature object relations. If however, a too strong cohesion exists there is the danger of reinforcing narcissistic defenses and thus of interfering with the therapeutic influence of the moderator and the group.

sharing of work experiences-didactic-demonstration-experiential

Course References:

1. Stone, W. (1977). Contributions of the psychology of the self to the group process and group

    therapy.  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 27, 343-359.

2. Horwitz, L. (1984). The self in groups. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 34,

    519-540.

3. Battegay, R. (1992). Projective identifications as a regulator in the group process. Group

   Analysis, 25, 7-14.