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Social Work CEU: Advanced Group Therapy
May 23, 2019
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
125 North Madison Street, Iowa City, IA 52245
Thursday, May 23, 2019
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Iowa Memorial Union
6 CEU contact hours
$95
SUMMARY
The Advanced Group Therapy: Promoting a Mutual-Aid Environment workshop is designed for clinicians seeking to enhance their group facilitation skills and conceptualization from a Mutual-Aid framework. The learner will learn about different group types and the challenges and opportunities in each to promote Mutual Aid with clients in a group psychotherapy setting.
Participants will review different stages of the group including pre-group planning, monitoring discord between participants, and ways to effectively evaluate progress of the group and individual members. The presentation will be largely experiential with ample opportunity to practice and review skills in role-plays and observation.
PRESENTER
Bernard Showers, LCSW
Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
Shippensburg University/Department of Veterans Affairs
Bernard (Bernie) Showers, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker working as an outpatient MH and SUD clinician. In September, 2016 he attended the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Train-the-Trainer event and is now one of approximately 1,500 MINT Trainers from around the world.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Participants will demonstrate understanding of Mutual-Aid model of group psychotherapy through experiential exercises that include observation and role-plays.
- Numerous learning techniques will be implemented, including lecture, demonstration, interactive role plays, and audio/visual learning aids. Group members will communicate how the skills and concepts reviewed in the session can be applied in the clinician’s daily practice.
- Participants will be able to describe the different applications of Mutual-Aid group psychotherapy interventions in single-session, short-term, and very large groups.
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