A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSE TO TEACH STAFF TO CONDUCT PSYCHODYNAMIC GROUP-PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ASSAULTIVE MEN

TOPIC. A course in lending psychodynamic psychotherapy groups for assa ultive men. PURPOSE. TO teach multidisciplinary staff members to lead these groups, using both didactic and experimental learning. SOURCE. T he author's own experience. CONCLUSIONS. Multidisciplinary staff membe rs learned about the process of leading psychotherapy groups for assau ltive men by attending lectures and observing the author lead a group over a 6-month period. The author's openness about her own thoughts, f eelings, fantasies, and countertransference allowed students to explor e their own reactions and to empathize with the patients, observing th at they were not so different from them.