65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22
Morning Workshops

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

Workshop 56

Personal Stories Seeking Meaning in a Group Theme: An Illustration of a Systemic Model for

Therapy and Training Using Drawings and Role Playing

Presented in cooperation with the Athenian Institute of Anthopos

Chairs:

George Gournas, M.D., Member of the Scientific Consultative Steering Committee, The Athenian Institute of Anthropos, Athens, Greece
Mina Polemi-Todoulou, Ph.D., CGP, Member of the Scientific Consultative Steering Committee, The Athenian Institute of Anthropos, Athens, Greece,
 

The workshop aims at illustrating a systemic therapy session, using group process facilitated by drawings to interweave the meaning of individual stories into a group theme. The afternoon session will demonstrate–through the enactment of a family scene -how therapy induced themes, approached in their sociocultural perspective, are used for training purposes in prevention programs.
demonstration-experiential--didactic-sharing of work experiences
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to: 

1. Trace the connection among individual stories, the emerging small group theme and the large group reality.
2. See personal difficulties and feelings that emerge during therapy in the context of the immediate group and in the wider sociocultural milieu.
3. Formulate objectives for prevention and training by drawing upon the group themes that emerge in therapy.
 

Course References:

1.Polemi-Todoulou, M., Vassiliou, V., Vassiliou, G., (1998). The Grouping Process Across Cultural Change. In Group, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, Vol. 22, No.2, pp. 105-119.
2. Protopsalti-Polychroni, K. and Gournas, G. (2004). Inner voices and dialogue in Family therapy and systemic training. European Family Therapy Context, June, pp. 11-12.
3. Vassiliou, G. & V., (1983). On the Diogenes Search: Outlining a Systemic Dialectic Approach, Concerning the Functioning of Anthropos and his Suprasystems. In Pines, M. (ed.), The Evolution of Group Analysis. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
4. Vassiliou, G. & V., (1981). Outlining the Synallactic Collective Image Technique as Used Within a Systemic Dialectic Approach. In Durkin, J. (ed.), Living Groups. New York: Brunner/Mazel, pp. 218.