67th Annual Conference

Friday, February 26

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 72

Beyond Nagging and Begging: Overcoming Organizational Resistance to Internal Group Referrals in College Counseling and Other Agency Settings

Presented under the auspices of the AGPA College Counseling & Other Educational Settings SIG

Chairs:                

Linda Muldoon, Ph.D., CGP, Groups Coordinator, University of Minnesota Counseling & Consulting Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Susan M. Walker, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist, Group Therapy Coordinator, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

Group therapists in college counseling centers and other agency settings frequently encounter organizational resistance to referring clients to groups.  Workshop leaders will share some creative approaches to building group-supportive cultures.  The special challenges faced when working in very large and very small settings will be discussed.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1.  Identify four or more broad approaches to increasing internal referrals to groups appropriate for large and small settings.

2.  Discuss several specific ideas that other counseling centers and agencies have used successfully to increase internal referrals to groups.

3.  Apply knowledge gained to develop at least one new way to promote counseling groups in one's own center or clinic.

Course References:

Kincade, E. A., & Calodner, C.R. (2004). The use of groups in college and university counseling centers. In Delucia-Waack, J. L., Gerrity, D. A., Calodner, C. R., & Riva, M. T. (Eds.), Handbook of group counseling and psychotherapy (pp. 366-377). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Quintana, S. M., Kilmartin, C., Yesenosky, J., & Macias, D. (1991). Factors affecting referral decisions in a university counseling center. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 22, 90-97.

Rutan, J. S., Stone, W. N. & Shay, J. J. (2007). Forming a group. In Psychodynamic group psychotherapy (4th ed., pp. 108-128). New York: Guilford Press.