Rupture & Repair in Individual & Group Therapy (In-Person & Online)

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Haim Weinberg, Ph.D., F-AGPA, CGP, will present:

"Rupture and Repair in Individual & Group Therapy (In-Person & Online)"

Description

Rupture and repair are important processes in relational psychoanalytic approaches. Ruptures affect the therapeutic alliance and the group cohesion. They are inevitable, so instead of focusing on totally avoiding them, the therapist should focus on learning how to repair them. Repairing ruptures can not only restore the therapeutic alliance, but also become a powerful corrective experience, enhancing our capacity for understanding, empathy, and inclusion across diversities. The corrective experience is internalized as the belief that “I can overcome problems” and teaches that the negative feeling following a mismatch can be changed into a positive feeling when achieving a match.

In the relational approach, rather than striving to be perfect, the therapist acknowledges that there will inevitably be mis-attunements and injuries (including microaggressions) and focuses on recognizing and repairing such issues. The emphasis is on acknowledging empathic failures and discussing them with the group, thus attempting to repair the hurt; creating powerful experiences that members wished to have with their significant others. 

Applying the approach to groups emphasizes enactment instead of interpretation. Group leaders need to be aware of ruptures in the therapeutic alliance, especially those caused by the leader. Empathic ruptures between group members, between leaders and members, and in the group-as-a-whole are inevitable. Effective group leaders are sensitive to therapeutic ruptures, especially those caused by the leader.

Ruptures also occur in organizations and social settings; without repair they cause polarization and divisiveness. We will look at ruptures theoretically and clinically and relate to rupture and repair in online groups and within organizations.

Moving to online therapy, the group therapist immediately faces a lot of challenges, many of them seemingly technical ones. Interrupted Internet connections, freezing video, time gaps between lip movement and the voice, difficulties to focus and be present, are some of the obstacles that affect online therapy. The failing technology is tiring, distracting, disappointing, and frustrating. However, if we look at it as another kind of psychological rupture, we can change our view of these failings and see them as opportunities for repair. Even if the Internet connection completely breaks down, this rupture can be explored in the following session and lead to a deeper understanding of earlier ruptures and possible repair.

In my presentation, I will summarize the literature about rupture and repair, and bring vignette from an online group.

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Haim Weinberg, Ph.D., AGPA-F, CGP

Dr. Haim Weinberg (PhD) is a licensed psychologist in Israel and California, a group analyst, and Certified Group Psychotherapist in private practice in Sacramento, California. He is the past President of the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy and of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society (NCGPS). Dr. Weinberg is the list-owner of the group psychotherapy professional online discussion forum. He served as the Director of International Programs at the Professional School of Psychology where he created and coordinated an online doctoral program in group psychotherapy. He co-edited a series of books about the social unconscious and wrote a book on Internet groups. His co-edited book “Theory and Practice of Online Therapy” was published just before the COVID-19 pandemic started. His new co-edited book is "Advances in Online Therapy: The Emergence of a New Paradigm".

Dr. Weinberg developed group therapy training groups in Asia, and is leading online training process groups for therapists around the world.

Schedule 

Carolinas Group Psychotherapy Society Fall 2023 Workshop

with Haim Weinberg, Ph.D., F-AGPA, CGP, presenting

"Rupture and Repair in Individual & Group Therapy (In-Person & Online)"

Saturday, November 11, 2023

(All Times in Eastern Daylight Time)

Continuing Education Certification Not Avaliable

Certified Continuing Education Units and Hours are NOT AVAILABLE for this workshop.

Carolinas Group Psychotherapy Society will provide a Certificate of Attendance which some licenses (e.g., LCSW) will accept as proof of Continuing Education.

Certificate of Attendance

Carolinas Group Psychotherapy Society will provide 6.5 Contact Hours to participants who attend 100% of the event and complete the evaluation. Some licenses will accept a certificate of attendance from Carolinas Group Psychotherapy Society (CGPS).
A participant must attend 100% of the program to receive credit. Partial credit will not be awarded.

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