65th Annual Conference
Thursday, February
21
Morning Open
Sessions
10:00
A.M.-1:15P.M.
Session
303
Power
and Change in Group Systems: Positive and Negative Outcomes
Presented in cooperation with the
International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process
Chair:
Fern Cramer Azima, Ph.D., CGP,
FAGPA, Associate Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Panelists:
Bonnie Buchele, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP,
DFAGPA, Director, Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic
Institute, Leawood, Kansas
Francis Bonds-White, Ed.D, Private Practice, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Kleinberg, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice,
New York, New York
Isaiah Zimmerman, Ph.D., FAGPA, Washington School of
Psychiatry, Washington, DC
Power and Change affect all group
systems for better or worse. The panel members will explicate
therapy groups, group organizations, institutional and governmental
systems. Examples will be given of the, power of culture in the
process of change in therapy groups; the activation of sibling
rivalry and competition in group organizations ; the promotion of
pathogenic group defenses and paranoia that may result in university
and corporate entities; the role of leadership, subgrouping and
conflict dynamics that may result in unexpected and less desired
outcomes in these various group systems.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Define the
concepts of power and change in groups.
2. Analyze effective as compared to detrimental intervention
strategies.
3. Improve leadership skills in various organizational settings.
Course References:
1. Deutsch, M. &
Coleman,P.T.( 2000)
The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and
Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
2. Kernberg, O. (1998).
Ideology, Conflict and Leadership in Groups
and Organizations. New Haven: Yale, 1998.
3. Nitsun, M.(1996) The Concept of the Anti-Group, New York:
Routledge.
4. Pearce, C.L. & Sims, H.P. (2002) Vertical versus
shared leadership as predictors of effectiveness of change
management teams. Group Dynamics, 6, 172-197. |
