One-Year Group Psychoanalysis Program

Welcome To The One-Year Group Program — the newest in CMPS’ One-Year programs. Although all groups are different, there are similarities among them. Groups can provoke strong feelings that may be expressed or unexpressed. Learning how to identify your feelings in the moment and use them constructively is a skill that can be acquired through the careful study of small group process. Participants are introduced to an experience grounded in the theories and techniques of modern group psychoanalysis that will enhance their ability to lead a group. We will study the motivating and driving forces in group process. Learning is both didactic and experiential.

CLASSES MEET TUESDAYS 4:00-5:30PM & THURSDAYS 5:30-7:00PM

Fall 2013: Tues. Sept. 17 & Thurs. Sept. 19 through Tues. Nov. 19 & Thurs. Nov. 21.

Spring 2014:  Classes begin the week of Feb. 24 for 10 weeks with a break the week of April 14. 

Tuition per semester: $1000. CMPS faculty teach all courses.

Participants are invited to CMPS events where they can meet certificate program students and faculty members for an informal exchange of ideas.

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COURSEWORK

Fall 2013 Semester

Beginning Group Process — Tuesdays: 4:00-5:30PM

The Group Experience I — Thursdays: 5:30-7:00PM

This class will focus primarily on experiential learning. We will explore the dynamics involved in the roles of group leadership and group membership. In particular, we will focus on aspects of working with transference and resistance with the goal of developing a cohesive working group.

Spring 2014 Semester

Countertransference in Groups — Tuesdays: 4:00-5:30PM

We will examine the distinction among narcissistic, subjective, objective, and anaclitic countertransference, and their use in working with the group and individual group members.

The Group Experience II — Thursdays: 5:30-7:00PM

We will examine group resistances and individual resistances that arise in any ongoing group. In addition, we will consider the effects on the group of a new member entering the group or a member leaving.

One-Year Group Program Faculty

Lucy Holmes, Phd, LP is a CMPS and NYGSP faculty member and training analyst and is also a faculty member and former Executive Director of the Center for Group Studies. Her articles on modern group psychotherapy have appeared in the journal Group and the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Her latest book, “Wrestling with Destiny: The Promise of Psychoanalysis,” was released this year by Routledge.

Dolores Welber, Phd, LP and Robert Welber, MS, LP have been CMPS faculty members and training analysts for over 30 years and have been working with individuals and groups for over 40 years. In 1971 they founded the Studio School in NYC for children and parents where Dr. Welber formed the first modern analytic mothers group. She is author of the paper, Growth and training of a modern group analyst and Robert Welber is author of numerous children’s books.

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