The clinical use of dreams in group psychotherapy is pivotal and provides such a profound access to the most intimate aspects of the human psyche, otherwise secreted in the oblivion of time. Aim of this webinar is to build bridges between theory and praxis, exploring the wealth of transdisciplinarity and cooperativeness. A clinical material presentation will be followed by theoretical and practical considerations regarding the importance of unconscious input in group psychotherapy and the need for a safe and secure environment for the common pool of experience to be co-constructed. More specifically, an excerpt of a group analytic session where three dreams have been offered to group’s Matrix (or maybe the unconscious dynamics of group’s Matrix have attracted these dreams) and the consequent free floating discussions in and of the group, will provide the initial energy for reflections, comments and further elaboration of the profound impact of work with dreams in groups.

Emphasis will be put upon the need to showcase the spirit and thinking characterizing group analytic work, by highlighting the interconnectedness of dreams and group associations within the group context. Additionally, there will be a demonstration of the ideas about personal, dynamic, and foundation sub-matrices interplay, within the most important ‘’energy field’’ of group analysis, group’s Matrix, the field where transference and countertransference constellations are co created and co developed.

Hopefully, there will be a series of further events and webinars upon the use of dreams in group psychotherapy and group processes. Group analysts, psychodramatists, family therapists, organizational consultants, group psychotherapists, experienced or not, are very welcome to attend this webinar.

SUNDAY 4th of May 7 to 9 PM CEST

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fkWjy-9IR7ebym4yyakKLg

SPEAKERS
KONSTANTINOS LIOLIOS, MD : Psychiatrist, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Group Analyst in Private practice. Training Analyst in HOPEinGA (Hellenic Organization Psychotherapy Education in GA), Athens Greece. IAGP (International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes) Board of Directors member, IAGP Analytic Group Section Chair, IAGP International Trainer (Education Committee), and IAGP Social/Collective Trauma Committee member. Group Analytic Society International (GASi) Full Member. Social Unconscious, Trauma, Dreams and the clinical use of Art (Poetry and painting) in
are his basic areas of interest.
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Domenico Agresta, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Group Analyst, Psycho-oncologist. President of CSPP (Centre for the Study of Clinical Psychology and Psychosomatic Medicine). Formerly Trustee of the Gordon Lawrence Foundation (UK), now a founder member of SDiN (Social Dreaming International Network). Full Member GASI (Group Analytic Society International). Academic member in AGPA (American Group Psychotherapy Association). He was Chair of Family Therapy Section and Chair of Webinars Committee in IAGP (International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes). Board Member of SIMP (The Italian Society of Psychosomatic Medicine). Member of The Balint Society (UK). Faculty Tele’Drama Institute (USA) and Rakhawy Institute (Egypt). Director of Training, Internship and Tutorial Management at School of Psychotherapy “Psicoterapia Conversazionale” (Parma).
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Carla Penna, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and group analytic psychotherapist in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. She is a member of the Psychoanalytic Circle of Rio de Janeiro, former president of the Brazilian Association of Group Psychotherapy (2004-2006) and the Society of Group Analytic Psychotherapy of the State of Rio de Janeiro- SPAG- E.Rio (2002-2008). She lectures and organizes international conferences and workshops in different countries such as Mexico and various European countries. She is a former member of the Scientific Committee at the Group Analytic Society and is a member of the Analytic Section Committee at the International Association for Group Processes where she chaired and organised events and Webinars. She wrote two books, Inconsciente Social (2014) in Portuguese and From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamic of Large Groups (2023) by Routledge. She published more than sixty book chapters and peer-reviewed articles in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and German.
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