(SFV) The Art and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

Presenter: Michael P. Frank, MA, LMFT, CGP, LFAGPA

Description: Calling upon his many years of group therapy practice and teaching, Michael will present what he has come to believe are essential elements of leading an effective psychotherapy group. Going beyond theory and technique, this workshop will explore how a therapy group actually helps the clients, how the being of the therapist is often more important than the doing, and how there is no one right way to do this work. The workshop will include didactic presentation, case examples, and discussion.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify essential elements of an effective therapy group.
2. List characteristics of an effective group therapist.
3. Differentiate between doing and being as a group therapist.
4. Distinguish between relational, interpersonal, and psychodynamic group therapy.
5. Apply concepts of group psychotherapy to clinical work.

Michael P. Frank, MA, LMFT, CGP, LFAGPA is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles, a Certified Group Psychotherapist, a Life Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, and the Clinical Supervisor and Coordinator of the Group Therapy Program at the Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills. He has been leading therapy groups in his practice for over 30 years and teaching and training group therapists for most of that time. He is an Institute Group leader at the AGPA Annual Conference. He has been the Practicum Coordinator for the Wagner Human Services Training Program at the University of Judaism, a clinical supervisor for the San Fernando Valley Counseling Center and the Antioch University Los Angeles Counseling Center, and is visiting faculty in group therapy at the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. He supervises group therapists who are working towards becoming Certified Group Psychotherapists and teaches the Principles of Group Therapy course every year. He is a past president of the Los Angeles Group Psychotherapy Society (now the Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles), and is a recipient of the AGPA Affiliate Societies Assembly Award and the LAGPS award for outstanding contribution to the advancement of group psychotherapy. Websitewww.michaelpfrank.com email: mpfrank@aol.com

Light refreshments are provided. Bring your flyers, business cards and brochures.

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Tanya Moradians Ph.D, LCSW | 818-783-1881 | tmoradia@ucla.edu