67th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 27

Morning Workshops

9:00 -11:30 P.M.

Workshop 77

Using the Power of the Moment in Understanding the Past: A Modern Analytic Approach

Chair:

Gail A. Brown, M.A., CGP, Director of Academic Training, The Center for Group Studies, New York, NY

Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience.

This workshop demonstrates the effectiveness of a 'here and now' approach to group by emphasizing the relationships of group members in the present moment. Combining the techniques of bridging and immediacy, we will study how members re-live and re-create their historical patterns in the moment. Methods of formulating and timing of maturational interventions are explored.

experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1. Differentiate authentic 'in the moment' feelings from the often subtle resistances of past and future references
2. Utilize specific clinical techniques (i.e.. bridging), to establish immediacy
3. Identify specific resistances to immediacy

Course References:
Ormont, L. (1990). The craft of bridging. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 40(1):5-30
Ormont, L. (1993). Resolving resistances to immediacy in the group setting. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, (43):399-418
Spotnitz, H, (1968). Use of Interpretation in Treatment, chapter 17, 'the maturational interpretation', New York: Grune and Stratton.