65th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 21

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M.

Workshop 13

The Writer Meets the Internal Reader in the Group

Chair:    

Dominick Grundy, Ph.D., CGP, Consultant, Psychological Counseling Center, CUNY, New York, New York
 

Writing involves an internal reader, inside the writer, a real reader, independent of the writer. The internal reader, through grandiose demands or critical compulsiveness, may block creativity. The workshop will demonstrate how group interaction helps writers explore the internal reader and how to give and receive constructive feedback. Leading a writing group will also be covered.
experiential-demonstration-sharing of work experiences-didactic

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Distinguish internal from external reader.
2. Analyze role of internal reader in writing blocks and creativity issues.
3. Identify strategies for using group to modify internal reader.
4. Adjust group feedback to be commensurate with writer's ability to "receive".
 

Course References:

1. Grundy, D. (2007). What is a Writing Group? Dilemmas of the leader. IJGP, 57(2), 133-151.
2. Hjorshoj, K. (2001). Understanding Writing Blocks. New York: Oxford U.P.
3. Slochower, J. (2006). Creating Analytic Space. Chapter 3 in Psychoanalytic Collisions. Mahwah, NJ: Analytic Press. 43-63.