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. |