THE GROUP AS THE FAMILY:

THE 'REPARATIVE RECAPITULATION' OF THE PRIMARY FAMILY GROUP.  

Presented by Kay Dowd and Sue Sutcliffe

Timing: see programme on home page.
 
This is an opportunity to experience, in a workshop environment, how unfinished business from our families of origin can be worked through in the group setting and how clients can project echoes of their familiar dynamics into every aspect of their lives.
 
Within a didactic and experiential setting, deelgates will explore the power of the Group, and how it takes on the characteristics and roles of  family members.  

These can be played out implicitly as well as explicitly; Kay and Sue will demonstrate how the group can offer a safe environment for change. In this context, they will also highlight the potential power of the group to damage and re-abuse.    
 
From a theoretical perspective, delegates will look at family systems and group therapy process, and at the different types of groups and facilitation which reflect different needs and answer different purposes.  

They will consider the role of the facilitator in relationship to the role of a parent, and how a dysfunctional group (ie, family) can evolve into a functional and healthy group through the developmental and reparative processes.
 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Gain a great understanding of transference, counter-transference, projective identification and scripts.
• Identify our roles within the family and in the setting of the group.
• Demonstrate the reparative power of the group to heal primary wounds and allow for change.