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Part 1: Group Therapy for the Networking Age

Session #: 710-410
Presenter(s): Jude Treder-Wolff
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Many people come into therapy because they feel alienated, unfocused, and stressed out living in a society that's high on work demands and low on community and family ties. Group therapy is uniquely suited to helping people develop better social, problem-solving, and parenting skills, along with a greater sense of self-direction, more resilience to stress, and a stronger sense of personal empowerment. In this workshop, we'll describe three distinct frames for starting time-limited psychotherapy groups, which can be adapted to both treatment and nonclinical settings. You'll learn how to use applied improvisation, role playing, and interactive theater techniques to rapidly unite groups around common concerns, heighten awareness of resources and social networks, and bolster individual group members' sense of personal agency. We'll also discuss ideas and resources for free or low-cost ways to initiate, lead, and market groups to targeted communities. (This session will continue with Workshop 510.)

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