This workshop aims to provide an exciting new outlook on attachment and developmental group analysis. Human development is complex and multidimensional. Early developmentalists tended to focus on infancy, childhood and adolescence, largely to the exclusion of other periods in the life span. Over time, a more comprehensive perspective evolved. It is now widely accepted that growth and change, gains and losses can occur throughout the entire life cycle. As we grow older, certain capabilities become more sophisticated, whilst others decline which may contain loss.
The speakers shall attempt to involve you in a captivating journey through personal development and group lives, including interpersonal and group attachment, from infancy all the way into old age. They will amalgamate relevant research findings on life-span psychosocial and peer group development, and on group psychotherapy with different age groups. They will also argue that personal identity and development are intrinsic to the group process, reflected in it and enhanced by it.
Workshop Programme:
09:30 – 09:50, Registration
09:50 – 10:00, Introduction (Arturo Ezquerro)
10:00 – 10:45, “Human Development as an open-ended task” (Arturo Ezquerro and María Cañete)
10:45 – 11:15, Coffee break
11:15 – 12:00 “Developmental group analysis comes of age” (Arturo Ezquerro and María Cañete)
12:00 – 12:30, Coffee break
12:30 – 13:30, Large Group Plenary
Workshop fees:
Students IGA, SRF and Bowlby Centre: £55 | Online option: £25
Members IGA, SRF, Bowlby Centre and IAN: £65 | Online option: £30 | Public fee: £75 | Online option: £35
Book Launch: Group Analysis throughout the Life Cycle
15:00 – 15.30, Getting together.
15:30 – 16:30, Brief presentations on Group Analysis throughout the Life Cycle. Speakers include: Earl Hopper, Barry Curnow, Paul Preston, Elaine Arnold and Brett Kahr
16:30 – 17:30, Refreshments and networking.
Book Launch fee: £5 | Option online: free
Copies of the book (retail price £30) will be available at a discounted price: £25. No card payment facility. Please bring cash or a cheque.
Registration: you may register for workshop only, for book launch only or for both. If you wish to attend both events, you would, need to make two separate registrations, as places are limited.