Chair:           

Michael Brook, Ph.D., CGP, New York, New York

Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience

Starting a group may be easier than you think. For those of you who want to start a group or are already working with your first group, this workshop will address anxieties, fears and frustrations in getting your group started and maintaining it.

didactic-sharing of work experiences-experiential-demonstration

Course References:

1. Ormont, L. (1962). Establishing the Analytic Contract in a Newly Formed Therapeutic Group.

    British Journal of Medical Psychology, 35, 333-337.

2. Rioch, M. (1975). The Work of Wilfred Bion on Groups. An A. K. Rice Institute Series Group

    Relations Reader 1.(ed. Colman and Bexton).Washington, D.C. A.K. Rice Institute. 21-33.

3. Rutan, S. & Stone, W. (1993). Patient Preparation and the Group Agreements.

    Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy. (second edition) New York: The Guilford Press,

    112-126.