Integrative Psychotherapy
Training Programs and Workshops

This professional development workshop is designed for the experienced psychotherapist and counsellor who has attended a previous experiential workshop with Richard Erskine.

The workshop has two objectives. First, it will provide the experienced psychotherapist with a forum to discuss the theory and methods of a relationally-oriented group psychotherapy; second, it will provide an opportunity to be actively involved in a Relational Group Process.

Dr. Erskine will focus on enhancing relationships via the full involvement of each group member. Emphasis will be placed on facilitating the healing of relational-disruptions that may have occurred in school, the family, with peers, and in previous group settings.

In the teaching portion of this workshop Richard Erskine will draw on the history and theory of group psychotherapy. He will outline the advantages and disadvantages of group therapy and the models of "therapy by the group", "therapy in the group" and "therapy though the group process". We will explore the various characteristics of the transferential process that may occur in groups.