Continuing Professional Development
The Institute of Group Analysis
1 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BY
Saturday 5th October 2013, 9:45am – 4:30pm
Conveners:
Robert Plant & Margaret Smith
This course is for those who have completed a Supervision Training or who have supervisory experience either individual or group.
SH Foulkes talked about group analysis as being of the group by the group including the conductor. Using insights from relational psychotherapy about the impact of the therapist’s attachment style, themes for the day will include:
- The significance of attachment styles in supervisory relationships
- Theoretical underpinnings for thinking about attachment in supervision groups
- The impact of the supervisor’s attachment style on the supervision group
- The importance of understanding attachment styles in the supervision group matrix.
- Understanding countertransference through the lens of attachment behaviour
- The day will also include practical work where participants will be invited to make links between their attachment styles and their use of countertransference in supervision groups
Programme:
9:45am Arrival and Registration
10:00am Welcome and Introduction
10:20am Attachment, internal working models and group supervision
11:30am Refreshment Break
12:00pm Small group exercise
1:00pm Lunch
1:45pm Small group exercise - exploration of attachment and supervision
2:15pm Small group discussion
3:15pm Refreshment Break
3:30pm Median Group
4:30pm Close
Robert Plant is a Group Analyst and a member of staff of the NHS Psychotherapy Department of Wonford House Hospital, Exeter since 2002 and a private practice. He co-conducts groups as part of a Combined Therapy for people with Borderline Personality Disorder in which group supervision is an important component. He is a Trainer on the MRC Psych Course.
Margaret Smith is a Group Analyst and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist. She worked as a Staff Support Manager providing Staff Counselling, Post Trauma Support, Mediation, and Psychotherapy Groups for Staff who work in NHS settings, Consultancy and Supervision within the NHS. She is a member of BAPPS. She currently works independently offering individual and group therapy, supervision training and organizational consultancy.
Fee: £75
To book:
You can book by phone (020 7431 2693) using your debit card (no charge) or credit card (2% fee)
or Book online
or send your name, address and contact details, including your email address and organisation (please state your occupation) with a cheque (made out to “The Institute of Group Analysis”) for £75 to The Administrator, IGA, 1 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BY