61st Annual Conference
Friday,
February, 27
Morning Workshops
10:30 A.M.
– 1:30 P.M.
Workshop 54
Healing Power of Women's Groups: Do Women Love
Too Much?
Presented under the auspices of the Women's Special
Interest Group
Chairs:
Anne Oakley,
Ph.D., Coordinator, Brief Psychotherapy
Centre for Women,
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Judith
Schoenholtz-Read, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA,
Associate Dean,
Fielding
Graduate
Institute, Santa Barbara, California
Female love has
been characterized as dangerous, uncontrollable and engulfing.
Women’s groups provide a “safe space” to explore the
cultural-developmental context and dynamic themes related to female
desire, passion and romantic love as expressed in idealizations,
fantasies, and sexual and intimacy needs. Applying feminist and
relational theories, the workshop will demonstrate how to work with
these themes to promote healing in women’s groups.
didactic-demonstration-experiential-sharing of work experiences
Course References:
1. Gilligan, (2002).
The birth of pleasure. New York: Knoft.
2. Sullivan, R. (2001).
Labyrinth of desire: Women, passion, and
romantic obsession.
Washington, DC: Counterpoint.
3. Mitchell, S. (2002).
Can love last? The fate of romance over time. New York: Norton. |
