Friday, February 22

All-Day Workshops

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

Workshop 39a

Promoting Affect Development within an Integrated Model of Group Psychotherapy

Chair:    

Paul Kaye, Ph.D., CGP, Private Practice, Huntington Woods, Michigan

After surveying existing models of group psychotherapy which conceptualize the group process in terms of the individual, interpersonal and group-as-a-whole dynamics, the workshop will demonstrate the therapist's role in promoting and exploring the expression of affect in each of the stages of the group's life cycle.
didactic-experiential-Sharing of work experiences-demonstration
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. identify the primary affects of focus during the stages of group development.
2. Utilize an integrated model of group psychotherapy in making meaningful interventions.
3. Promote affect development within a developmental perspective.
 

Course References:

1. Theory of the Invisible Group Applied to Individual and Group-As-A-Whole Interpretations. Yvonne Agazarian. Group, Vol. #7, 2, Summer, 1983.
2.Group-Centered Interventions in Therapy Groups. L. Horowitz. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 27:423-439, 1971.
3.Saretsky, T. Active Techniques and Group Psychotherapy, New York: Jason Aronson, 1973.