WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

The process of termination in group psychotherapy is a complex and multi-faceted process and frequently complicated by resistances in patient and therapist. Utilizing both didactic and experiential formats, this weekend workshop will address and explore key aspects of the process of termination, and how transference resistance in the therapist interferes with, blocks, and /or facilitates effective termination of treatment.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

This workshop is designed to help you:

1. Discuss the early family issues that get reenacted through precipitous and premature terminations by group members;

2. Analyze how subjective countertransference reactions can impede the therapist’s ability to work successfully with treatment destructive resistances and termination issues;

3. Explain the roles played by both the group therapist and the group during the treatment termination process;

4. Summarize how group techniques can be used to build observing ego;

5. Observe how a training group can be used as a tool for resolving treatment impasses;

6. Describe how resistances to developing an observing ego is manifested in group process;

7. Discuss how training group members can operate as maturational agents for fellow group members in their efforts to resolve transference-countertransference feelings.

Skill Level and Target Audience: All

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