Addressing Violence Through Groupwork
Friday 26th November 2010

3.45 pm — 9.00 pm

Presented by Dr Gwen Adshead and Dr Daniel Beales

Violence appears to be ubiquitous in human relations and is a major cause of human injury and psychological distress. This workshop will cover how group analytic theory contributes to understanding the origins of violence; and how it can contribute to therapeutic interventions for violent people. Dan and Gwen will draw on their clinical experience of working with patients in secure residential psychiatric care, and the impact of such work on staff and organisations that provide care for offenders.

Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and a member of the Institute of Group Analysis. For the last 10 years she has worked at Broadmoor Hospital as a psychotherapist, running and supervising groups. She also has an interest in attachment theory as applied to forensic work, and in ethical issues that arise in psychotherapy.

Dan Beales is a forensic psychiatrist and forensic psychotherapist, who trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the North West Institute of Dynamic Psychotherapy. He works in a therapeutically enhanced medium secure service for women and also offers supervision to staff working with high risk personality disordered offenders in the community.

The day will be of interest to:
Therapists, all staff working in secure settings, staff working in community mental health teams; staff working with people with personality disorders; those who are unfamiliar with violent patients.

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