The Large Group Experience Conference

September 29 — October 1 Boulder, Colorado

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Thank you for your interest in The Large Group Experience Conference! We are looking forward to an exciting weekend of experiential training, professional development and unique discussions about large group dynamics. We have assembled this page to help you prepare for the weekend and answer some questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you in October!


Why Large Group?

As human beings, we are all members of groups - from small groups such as families and work teams to large groups such as organizations, communities and society. The psychodynamic Large Group (LG) resembles society and allows for exploration of the conscious and unconscious processes within the community, including anxieties, competitions, and rivalries. The LG is often used to address conflicts between multi-cultural groups. It provides an important forum for understanding social interactive processes, interrelationships between social subgroups and an opportunity to explore one's own social roles.

During this weekend you will experience many emotions from frustration to camaraderie. In the LG you will find yourself pushed and pressured by many forces including those from your inner psyche and those from the social unconscious. You may participate in conflicts and debates between subgroups and work on ways to resolve them. In the small group you will have the chance to digest the LG experience and personalize your learning within a more intimate environment. Your understanding of yourself as both an individual and as a citizen of the larger community will increase.

Presenters

Martha Gilmore, Ph.D., CGP is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Group Psychotherapist with twenty-five years of experience in conducting psychotherapy groups. She has extensive experience in the training and supervision of group psychotherapy at both the local and national levels. She is an active member of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society and the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She is an Associate Clinical Professor for the UC Davis Medical Center. She maintains a private practice in Davis and Sacramento.

Haim Weinberg. Ph.D., CGP is an Israeli licensed psychologist, Certified Group Psychotherapist and certified group analyst. He is the past-president of the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy, a faculty member of the group facilitators training program in Tel-Aviv University, former director of the group leaders training program in Bet Berl College, teaches in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and is also in private practice. He is a board member of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy (IAGP), and a member of The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and the Group Analytic Society (GAS). He currently lives near Sacramento, California.

Haim Weinberg has led many Large Group sessions in Israel and participated in numerous LG sessions in the IAGP, GAS, AGPA, EGPS conferences. He is the co-author of the book: the Large Group re-visited. Martha Gilmore has participated in many Large Group sessions in the AGPA, IAGP, GAS and EGPS conferences. She edited Weinberg's book and papers about the LG. Martha & Haim led the Large Group in the AGPA annual meeting 2006.

When

6:00 PM Friday, September 29th through 1:00 PM, Sunday October 1, 2006

Where

The Mental Health Center of Boulder County
1333 Iris Ave
Boulder, CO 80304
(Nearest major airport is Denver International)

Cost

  • Full-time students $199
  • Members of CoGPS $225
  • Non-Members $250

Sponsors

  • Living Well Transitions
  • Colorado Group Psychotherapy Society

Weekend Schedule

  • Friday Evening (6:30 PM-08:30 PM):
    1. Opening (15 minutes): welcome, administration, setting, contract.
    2. Short opening lecture (20 minutes).
    3. Break (10 minutes)
    4. Large Group (90 minutes)
  • Saturday (9:00 AM - 05:30 PM):
    1. Large Group (90 minutes)
    2. Coffee Break (20 minutes)
    3. Small Groups (90 minutes)
    4. Lunch Break (75 minutes)
    5. Large Group (120 minutes)
    6. Coffee Break (25 minutes)
    7. Small Groups (90 minutes)
  • Sunday (9:00 AM - 12:35 PM):
    1. Large Group (90 minutes)
    2. Break (10 minutes)
    3. Small Groups (75 minutes)
    4. Closing lecture (30 minutes)
    5. Summary (10 minutes)

Where to stay

Need more information?

Phone: (303) 245-1020
Email: info@livingwelltransitions.com
Visitor information: http://www.bouldercoloradousa.com/

Recommended Reading

  • Hopper, E. (2003). The Social Unconscious: selected papers. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Kreeger, L. (1975) (ed.). The Large Group: Dynamics and Therapy. London: Constable.
  • Schneider, S. & Weinberg, H. (2003) (eds.), The Large Group Revisited: The Herd, Primal Horde, Crowds and Masses. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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