65th Annual Conference
Thursday, February
21
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M. & 2:45-6:00 P.M.
Workshop
4a
Sexual
Desire, Intimacy and Love Conflicts Resolved Through Couples Group
Therapy
Chairs:
Barbara G. Feld,
CSW, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Assistant Professor of Community
Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
Philip Luloff, M.D., CGP, Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Disorders of
sexual desire, problems with intimacy, communication, commitment and
love are ubiquitous. Through group role play, experiential, sharing,
and didactic material, this workshop will explore dyadic causes of
these problems and demonstrate techniques to resolve them. We
identify and prepare appropriate couples for group therapy and
demonstrate couples group therapy.
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Learning Objectives
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Participants will learn to identify those couples which need
conjoint couple therapy and those which will be better served by
couples group therapy.
2. Participants will be able to describe the major dyadic causes of
disorders of sexual desire.
3. Participants will be able to evaluate and prepare couples for
couples group.
4. Experience empathic collaborative relating in groups.
Course
References:
1. Coche, E. &
Coche, J. ( 1990).
Couples group psychotherapy. New York: Brunner Mazel.
2. Feld, B. (1998). Initiating a Couples Group. GROUP,22, (4),
245-259.
3. Levine, S.(ed.)
(2003).
Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health
Professionals. New York: Brunner-Routledge.
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