65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Afternoon Workshops

2:45-6:00 P.M.

Master Workshop 71

The Pair and the Person: A Group-Analytic Approach to Problems of Intimacy

Chair:

John Schlapobersky, BA, MSc., Mem. Inst. G.A., Training Group Analyst, London Institute of Group Analysis & Group Analytic Practice, Society for Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, London, England

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

Group analysis and object-relations theory together give a coherent approach to relational problems, allowing combined use of individual, marital and group therapy. We explore the theory, use it with role-play in assessment and apply it to conjoint, four-way and couples group therapy.

demonstration-didactic-Sharing of work experiences-experiential

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Attendees will be able to approach the needs of couples in trouble with an assessment profile that is both integrated and comprehensive.
2. The assessment profile will allow them to make choices about therapeutic responses and modalities based on the needs of the couple or presenting client, rather than on the customary basis of the therapist’s preferred options.
3. Attendees will e able to use the conjoint method for the assessment of couples in trouble and, where appropriate, apply this to long-term therapy.
4. Attendees will have a sound clinical framework for the composition, selection, maintenance and evaluation of couples group therapy.
 

Course References:

1. Dicks, H.V. (1964; Karnac reprint 1986) Marital Tensions, Karnac.

2. Schlapobersky, J (2001) ‘The Easy Hand: The Problems of Domestic Violence In Marital Psychotherapy’, Journal of the Society for Psychoanalytic Marital Psychotherapy. London.
3. Skynner, A.C.R. (1987) Recent Developments In Marital Therapy in Explorations With Families, ed. J. Schlapobersky, London: Routledge.