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The Healing Power of Mirrors and Mirroring In Group Therapy: Breaking Barriers Healing Identity and Rebuilding Connectedness - Sima Ariam, PhD, CGP

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This workshop demonstrates how using actual mirrors in group may diminish defensive rigidity, relax the membrane between self and others, and rebuild connectedness. Using actual mirrors echoes a crucial developmental milestone—mirroring—and births a healthier more creative self through the “hall of mirrors” that is the group process. This technique is grounded in the history of developmental theories as well as modern understanding of the importance of early mirroring. A reference to the use of mirrors can be found in a Midrash (a commentary on the Bible) that tells the story of the redemption of Israel from slavery by women using mirrors.  Likewise, the use of actual mirrors sheds light on the mirroring process occurring in group, which functions as a “hall of mirrors,” and may redeem individuals from the slavery of repetitive, self-destructive behaviors and may lead them to more productive, fulfilling lives.

Bio:

Sima Ariam, Ph.D., is the author of  “Through the Looking Glass: Introducing the Use of Actual Mirrors in the Group Process,” Group, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Fall 2014), published by the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society.  Dr. Ariam has led workshops on the subject of mirroring in therapy nationally at conferences at AGPA, EGPS and internationally at IAGP and GASI . She is a psychologist and Certified Group Psychotherapist  in private practice running groups and workshops for more than 25 years in New York City.  Dr. Ariam is a pioneer in the field of eating disorders and has developed breakthrough treatments through individual and group therapy, and workshops.

Location: Brooklyn

Time: Sunday, November 11th, 10:45 am - 12:00 am

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