65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 21

All-Day Workshops

10:00 A.M. –1:15 P.M. & 2:45-6:00 P.M.

Workshop 38a

Fostering Passion and Vibrancy Utilizing Modern Analytic Techniques in the Co-Led Group

Presented under the auspices of the AGPA Co-Therapy SIG

Chairs:     

Jeanne Bunker, LCSW, CGP, Private Practice, Austin, Texas
Jay M. Erwin-Grotsky, LCSW, CGP, Private Practice, Austin, Texas
 

Through didactic and experiential opportunities we will demonstrate the power of co-led group therapy while incorporating Modern Analytic concepts such as contact function, progressive communication, bridging, subjective and objective countertransference, and utilizing aggression. We will illustrate creating cohesive, enduring, passionate co-leading relationships. Attendees will discuss their thoughts and feelings as we go through the day.
didactic-experiential-sharing of work experiences-demonstration
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Create and maintain an effective co-therapy relationship.
2. Identify and analyze common Modern Analytic techniques and concepts including contact function, progressive communication, bridging, subjective and objective countertransference, and using previously unaccessed aggression.
3. Utilize and provide peer consultation in the co-therapy dyad, deepening clinician’s personal process as well as the group process.

Course References:

1. Ormont, L. (1992). The group therapy experience: From theory to practice. NY: St. Martin’s Press.
2. Ormont, L. (2001). The technique of group treatment. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.
3. Roller, B. & Nelson, V. (1991). The art of co-therapy: How therapists work together. New York: Guilford Press.
4. Rosenthal, L. (1987). Resolving resistance. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc.
5. Rutan, S. & Stone, W. (1984). Psychodynamic group psychotherapy. NY: MacMillan.
6. Yalom, I. & Leszcz, M. (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (5th ed.) New York: Basic Books.