65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Morning Workshops

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

Workshop 52

Sex, Lies, Affairs and Group Therapy

Chair:

Emily M. Brown, M.S.W., Private Practice, Key Bridge Therapy & Mediation Center, Arlington, Virginia

Group therapy can be a positive and powerful experience for individuals involved in an affair, either as betrayer or betrayed. This experiential workshop is designed to help participants gain knowledge and comfort in working with the terrain of affairs, and to explore how they might use "affairs groups" in their practice.
experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Select suitable participants for a Split Self group.
2. Identify his/her own moral concerns and transference issues related to affairs.
3. Formulate a plan for helping group members surface the painful issues that underlie affairs.
 

Course References:

1. Brown, Emily M., 1991. The Use of Group Treatment, in Patterns of Infidelity and their Treatment. Brunner/Routledge, Philadelphia. PA, p. 229-249.

2. Drigotas, S., & Barta, W. (2001). The cheating heart: Scientific explorations of infidelity. in Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10(5), p. 177-180.
3. Karpel, Mark. 1980. Family Secrets: I. Conceptual and ethical issues in the relational context; II. Ethical and practical considerations in therapeutic management. Family Process, 19, p. 295-306.