Minimum Admission Requirements
Certificate Requirements
Graduation Requirements

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The innovative Certificate in Group Psychotherapy program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to explore and expand professional and personal capabilities. The program incorporates theory and technique, development of the therapist's style, and supervised practice. The central goal is to increase students' effectiveness and creativity in therapeutic interactions by helping them experience and understand the use of self in the psychotherapeutic process. This program provides an intensive opportunity to develop, maintain, and enhance competence and self-confidence in group psychotherapy, including the application of group therapy theory and methods to group conflict. Integration of personal and professional development is a primary objective, encouraging more effective and creative relationships within the group setting.

Fundamental to the philosophical basis of this program is the belief that individuals and groups have the capacity to be healthy and adaptive. If left to develop its own structure, a group eventually will reflect a collection of each member's typical and historical interpersonal relationships. Once emerged, that structure allows members to explore and learn from their own history.

A Concentration in Group Psychotherapy is awarded to students enrolled in a degree program at the School. A Certificate is awarded to outside professionals.