61st Annual Conference
Friday,
February, 27
Morning Workshops
10:30 A.M.
– 1:30 P.M.
Workshop P 60
Innovative Group Interventions for
Specific Needs-The Response of NYFD to the Devastation of 9/11
Chairs:
Claire
Cammarata, CSW, Clinical Director,
Counseling Service Unit, New York Fire
Department, New
York, New York
Paul Green, Ph.D.,
Psychologist Consultant, New York Fire Department,
New York, New York
Dianne Kane,
DSW, Assistant Director, Counseling
Service Unit, New York Fire
Department, New
York, New York Margaret
Patterson, Ph.D.,
Psychologist Consultant, New York Fire
Department, New
York, New York
Suzanne
Phillips, Psy.D., CGP,
Adjunct Professor,
Postdoctoral Program in Group Psychotherapy, Derner Institute,
Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
The FDNY suffered
unimaginable losses in the disastrous assault of 9/11. No one in
this community was spared pain, trauma and devastation . Important
in recognizing and addressing the trauma and loss that was suffered
were both the collective needs as well as the special needs of
individuals and groups. This panel offers the history, rationale,
clinical impact of three innovative programs offered by FDNY in
response to those special needs: The Firehouse Clinician Project,
the Fire Marshall Group and the Couples Connection. All reflect the
use of clinical skill, creativity and involvement in post-disaster
group intervention.
sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential-demonstration
Course References:
1.
Halberstam, D. (2002).
Firehouse.
New York: Hyperion.
2.
Johnson, S. (2002).
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors:
Strengthening
Attachment Bonds. New York: Guilford Press.
3.
Ursano, R. & McCarroll, J. (1994).
Exposure of traumatic death: The
nature of the stressor. In
Individual and community responses to trauma and disaster: The
Structure of human chaos.
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