When the worlds of guidance, group and integration meet:
Group guidance from an integration-oriented position

Integration Forum at the Nafarashim Institute for Psychotherapy Research and Teaching

At the School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College

We are pleased to invite you to a seminar on the topic:

When the worlds of guidance, group, and integration meet:

Group training from an integration-oriented position

Presenters : Dr. Esther Bamberger,

Ms. Naama Greenwald and Prof. Oriya Tishbi

Moderator : Dr. Ron Nissim

31.5.23 Wednesday | Online meeting | 20:00-22:00

Professionals – 70 NIS Interns and students 50 NIS

In this fascinating meeting, three of the leaders in the fields of research and teaching in psychotherapy in Israel will present how concepts from the world of group analysis on the one hand, and from the world of integration in psychotherapy on the other, may help to understand interpersonal processes and streamline the group training framework.

The meeting will address several issues in the context of group guidance from an integration-oriented perspective, which emphasizes the importance of processes that occur in the group, the use of groupness to expand alternative insights, and re-energizes the role of the guide as a process facilitator.

The first part will present concepts from the world of group analysis that help understand interpersonal and group processes within the training framework: a democratic stance, a value in multiple voices, and the facilitator as a 'conductor' of polyphony, the parallel process, and the mentalistic pursuit of creating alternative insights.

The second part will present guiding principles for working in a training group from an integration-oriented position and for the role of the facilitator: adapting to the changing needs of the presenters, creating a safe space for different voices to be heard, presenting a 'complementary voice' in the group (theoretical, clinical or research), maintaining the work process, and navigating the 'roadmap'.

The evening seminar will include a clinical example from group training and a discussion with audience participation.

About the presenters:

Dr. Esther Bamberger - expert clinical psychologist and instructor, director of the "Ogen" program for integrative psychotherapy studies, coordinator of the children, youth and parenting track, lecturer and instructor in the program. Lecturer in the MA studies in clinical child psychology at the Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya, lecturer and instructor on child-parent therapy (CPP), specializes in childhood trauma treatment and parenting therapy, private clinic in Modi'in.

Ms. Naama Greenwald – Clinical Psychologist, treats children and adults and engages in organizational consulting. Lecturer at the Hebrew University in the clinical child program and in the programs for administrators at the School of Public Policy and Government. Director of Midreshet Afikim at the Mifrasim Institute for teaching psychoanalysis in an integrative spirit.

Prof. Oriya Tishbi - Director of the Freud Center for Psychoanalytic Research. Expert clinical psychologist and instructor. Formerly responsible for training in counseling services at the Hebrew University, and director of counseling services. Faculty member in the Department of Psychology and the School of Social Work. Instructor of students in their clinical work, and researcher of processes in short-term psychotherapy. Trained in long-term and short-term psychodynamic therapy, as well as family and couples therapy.

Supervisor : Dr. Ron Nissim - PhD - Clinical Psychologist and Certified Couple and Family Therapist. Lecturer and instructor at the Mifarashim Institute for Psychotherapy Research and Teaching at the Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College, in the Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy track at the School of Psychotherapy at Tel Aviv University, at the Barkai Institute for Couple and Family Therapy and the Ackerman Institute in New York. Therapist and instructor at a private clinic in Givatayim.