65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Morning Workshops

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

Master Workshop 45

Supervision Groups: The Power of Parallel Process

Chair:

Barry J. Wepman, Ph.D., CGP, Clinical Associate Professor , Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Washington, DC
 

Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience

The supervision group often traverses the boundary between there-and-then analysis of case material and a here-and-now parallel process. This intensive workshop will explore how the supervision group can harness the power of the group to clarify therapeutic problems in ways that are both immediate and emotionally salient to the participants.
demonstration-sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Conduct supervision groups using an affectively-based model.
2. Identify the presence of parallel process in a supervision group.
3. Describe the treat-teach dilemma in supervision groups
4. Identify the boundaries appropriate to supervision.
 

Course References:

1. Altfeld, D.A. and Bernard, H.S. (1997) An experiential group model for group psychotherapy supervision. In C. Edward Watkins (Ed.) Handbook of psychotherapy supervision (pp. 381-399). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
2. Kleinberg, J.L. (1999) The supervisory alliance and the training of psychodynamic group psychotherapists. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 49, 159-180.

3. Moss, E. (1995) Group supervision: Focus on countertransference. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 45, 537-548.