Total Credits: 12 Social Work CE, 12 Mental Health Counselor CE, 12 Psychologist CE, 12 Psychoanalysist CE
This workshop will consist of theory and group experience in order to learn how to work with the group as a whole and achieve a high level of group cohesion and effectiveness
Learn to be an Effective Group Leader -
A THERAPY GROUP IS A LIVING SYSTEM AND AS SUCH GOES THROUGH A DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A STATE OF MATURE FUNCTIONING. PART OF THE THERAPIST’S JOB IS TO ATTEND TO AND ASSIST IN THAT DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE GROUP IS STRUCTURED AS AN EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC TOOL TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF ITS MEMBERS. THIS WORKSHOP WILL CONSIST OF THEORY AND GROUP EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO ACHIEVE A HIGH LEVEL OF GROUP COHESION AND EFFECTIVENESS.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
List the different types of therapy groups
Describe the value of the group as a whole perspective
Give examples of group as a whole interventions
State the different stages of group development
Discuss how group norms are developed
Identify early issues that emerge in group work and how they are resolved
List the different roles that emerge in the group
Describe the different stages of group imago adjustment that occur
Working w a Group as as Whole (9.48 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Working with the Group as a Whole Handouts (2.27 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Dr. Vann Joines has lectured and taught workshops throughout the United States including Hawaii, in Canada, Mexico, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil, Aruba, Japan, Korea, Thailand, England, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, the Check Republic, and Russia. He has been the Keynote Speaker at conferences of the Transactional Analysis Association of Japan, Brazil, and the International Transactional Analysis Association. He has been featured on videotapes by both the Transactional Analysis Association of Japan and the International Transactional Analysis Association.
Clinical Psychologist; President and Director, Southeast Institute for Group and Family Therapy; International Psychotherapy Trainer, Supervisor, and Consultant; Certified Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst and 1994 Winner of the Eric Berne Memorial Award, International Transactional Analysis Association; Diplomate, Redecision Therapy Association: Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Licensed Marital and Family Therapist and Licensed Psychologist, State of North Carolina; Certified Group Psychotherapist with the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists; Certified EDxTM Practitioner; Certified Practitioner and Teacher in Advanced Integrative Therapy; Member, North Carolina Psychological Association and American Psychological Association; Life Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association; and Member, Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychotherapy. Co-Author, TA Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis (Lifespace Publishing, 1987, 2nd Edition, 2012), Personality Adaptations: A New Guide to Human Understanding in Psychotherapy and Counseling (Lifespace Publishing, 2002). Author, Joines Personality Adaptation Questionnaire and the JPAQ Administration, Scoring, and Interpretative Kit (Southeast Institute, 2002).