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Group Therapy: Introductory Course

Date: 14 Dec 2019 - 15 Dec 2019

Singapore

The Sacramento Center for Psychotherapy in California, USA, offers a training program in group counseling for South East Asian professionals. It includes an introductory course (see below) that is equivalent to the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) core course, fulfilling the requirements for the theoretical part for becoming a Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP), an experiential process group (4 days of face-to-face workshop + 20 online meetings), an advanced course (60 meetings) and a supervision group (fulfilling the requirement of 75 hours of supervision to become a CGP).The Sacramento Center for Psychotherapy in California is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor Continuing Education.

This course will focus on basic concepts and theories in group therapy, Foundations of Group Therapy, Leadership, Group Dynamics and Group Process and the Change Process in Groups and Teams. It will cover concepts such as the here-and-now, content vs. process, boundaries, resistance, regression, transference and counter-transference in groups. In addition, we will discuss theories of group and team developmental stages, the tasks of the group therapist and different roles of group members. We will briefly touch different approaches to groups and kinds of groups. The group size will be limited to 8 participants to provide a more conducive setting for discussions.


Instructor

Haim Weinberg, PhD, is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist and group psychotherapist. He is 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 was the Director of International Programs at the Professional School of Psychology in which he created and coordinated an online doctoral program in group psychotherapy, with cohorts of students in SE Asia. He co-edits a series of books about the social unconscious, wrote a book on Internet groups and co-authored a book on Fairy Tales and the social unconscious. Colleagues from SE Asia, who studied group therapy with Dr. Weinberg will lead some reading meetings.

Venue: 360 Orchard Road, International Building

Contact: Email Organizer

Brochure: Download

Fees:
Early Bird Fee (Before 1st November 2019): SGD $900.00
Standard Fee (After 31st October 2019): $1000.00

Language: English

Available Seatings: 8

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