Marginalization and the Stages of Group Development: What Difference Does It Make?

Our Spring Workshop this year will be VIRTUAL. We are excited to have Deborah Sharp, LCSW-S, CGP, AGPA-F present on the stages of group development!

About the Workshop:

The Stages of Group Development have important implications for the experience of members

and also the role of the group leader. This workshop will look at several models of group

development and explore the ways that marginalization can impact group member’s behavior

and participation within those models. Leaders can be at risk of pathologizing normal responses

to cultural and historic marginalization. Description of leader’s role at various stages is offered

and discussion of impact of leader’s identity on group dynamics.

Upon completion of the workshop, attendees will be able to:

1) Identify the stages of group development according to the Boston Model

2) Describe the population that the Boston Model was developed and normed upon

3) Identify the stages of group development according to Schiller

4) Describe the population and process that Schiller’s model was developed and normed upon,

originally and in later applications

5) Identify the potential differences in group development for a Women’s Group vs Mixed

Gender Groups or Men’s Groups

6) Describe the impact that identity of group members may have on their participation in group

This workshop is for therapists of all licensures and graduate students in therapeutic

disciplines that either are running groups or would like to learn more about running groups. All

experience levels welcome.

CEU Information: 

Coming Soon

About the Presenters:

Deborah Sharp has run groups of various kinds for more than 20 years in private practice,

agencies, training institutes and University settings. Along the way, she learned a few things and

also collected certification as a group psychotherapist (CGP), became a Fellow of the American

Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA-F) and graduated from the Center for Group Studies in

New York. She really loves group. So much so that she also taught Group in the Graduate

Schools of Social Work at both the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University.

Having presented in her local Austin Group Psychotherapy Society and also at AGPA Connect,

National Association of Social Workers, Southwestern Social Sciences Association, The Council

on Social Work Education and presented workshops for agencies, and University departments,

Deborah is very happy to be joining you virtually to talk about group.