61st Annual Conference

Friday, February, 27
Afternoon Workshops
3:00 – 6:00 P.M.

Workshop 64
Resistance?  What Resistance?  Working with Resistance and Countertransference in Involuntary Groups

Chairs:           

Steven Henne, M.A., LPC, CAC III, ADAM Program Director, Mental Health

Center of Boulder County, Longmont, Colorado

Jeffrey Price, M.A., CAC II, Adjunct Faculty, The Naropa University,

Boulder, Colorado

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

Resistance is natural in all group psychotherapy and can present a unique set of challenges in involuntary groups.  This workshop identifies the common resistances found in mandated groups and examines ways to resolve them using a here-and-now approach to individual, interpersonal and group-as-a-whole interventions.  Use of countertransference, compassion and cognitive skills will be discussed.

demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences-experiential

Course References:

1. Ormont, L. (1992). The Group Therapy Experience.  New York: St. Martin's Press.

2. Nitsun, M. (1996). The Anti-Group: Destructive Forces in the Group and Their Creative Potential. New York: Routledge.

3. Rosenthal, L. (1987). Resolving Resistance in Group Psychotherapy. New Jersey: Jason Aronson.