61st Annual Conference

Thursday, February 26
Afternoon Workshops
3:00 – 6:00 P.M. 

Workshop 23
Respecting Boundaries and Gender Differences Towards Facilitating Safe Intimacy in Group

 

Chair:              

Martha Liebmann, CSW, Ph.D., Faculty, Supervisor, Institute for

Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of NJ, South Orange, New Jersey

 

This workshop will identify, illustrate and analyze the phenomenon of boundary maintenance as a means of sustaining a safe group environment. We will look at how variables such as sex and gender affect group and individual boundaries as well as capacity for intimacy, and consider ways to avert or neutralize boundary violations.

experiential-didactic-demonstration-sharing of work experiences

 

Course References:

 

1. Gabbard, G. (1996). History of Boundary Violations. Journal of the American

    Psychoanalytic Association 43(4).

2. Goodman, M. (1986). Boundaries, Group Psychotherapy and Object Relations.

    Newsletter of the New Jersey Group Psychotherapy Society, 2, 3-6.

3. Ormont, L. (1988). The Leader's Role in Resolving Resistances to Intimacy in the Group

    Setting.International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 38(1), 29-45.