61st Annual Conference
Thursday,
February 26
Morning Workshops
10:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
Workshop 19
Short-term Group Therapy for
Complicated Grief
Chairs:
William Piper,
Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Professor,
Department of Psychiatry,
University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Rene Weideman,
Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor,
University of British
Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Interpretive and
supportive approaches to short-term therapy for patients adapting to
loss will be compared. Participants will have the opportunity to
learn to differentiate loss groups according to treatment
objectives, session objectives, and therapist technique. Appropriate
patient-treatment matching will also be considered.
didactic-experiential-sharing of work experiences-demonstration
Course References:
1. Piper, W. , McCallum, M. & Azim, H. (1992). Adaptation to loss
through short-term group
psychotherapy. New York: Guilford Press.
2. Piper, W. , McCallum, M., Joyce, A., Rosie, J. & Ogrodniczuk,
J. (2001). Patient personality and
time-limited group psychotherapy for complicated grief.
International Journal of Group
Psychotherapy. 51(4), 525-552.
3. Rando, T. (1993).
Treatment of complicated mourning. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
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