Introduction to Group-Analytic Psychotherapy

Studies in the Social Integration of Individuals and Groups
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32516-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Group Analysis, the approach pioneered by Foulkes, is a form of psychotherapy in small groups and also a method of studying groups and the behavior of human individuals in their social aspects. Apart from a number of practical advantages, it has features of specific value. It is a method of choice for the investigation of many problems and for the

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foulkes, S. H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword -- Preface -- General Introduction -- The individual as a whole in a total situation -- The Study of the Group -- The Psychoanalytic Situation. -- The Group Analytic Situation. -- The Background -- The Therapist. -- Combined and uncombined Groups. -- Open and Closed Groups -- Phase B, "The Northfield Experiment" -- Group Work in the Various Phases. -- The Group-Analytic Situation -- Selection, Grouping. -- Time Factors -- Resume. -- The Conductor's Contribution -- Three basic principles -- The Group-analytic Situation in operation -- Treating a Ward. -- Treating a Hospital -- Spot-Lights from Group-analytic work -- The Location of a Disturbance -- The Conductor's Contribution -- The Conductor's Qualifications -- Training -- Survey -- Group Analysis and its Relation to Other Approaches -- Some Forms of Group Treatment; Views on Indications, Selection, Dynamics of Therapy

Über Autor(innen)

S.H. Foulkes (1898-1976) was born in Karlsruhe, and received his psychoanalytic training in the late 1920's in Vienna under Helene Deutsch. After some years in private practice he left Germany in 1933 and, after a brief stay in Geneva, settled in London at the invitation of Ernest Jones. During the 1940s he began to formulate the principles and methods of Group Analysis and Group-Analytical Psychotherapy. In 1952, with others, he founded the Group Analytic Society, and was still actively involved with teaching, lecturing and participation in group seminars until the time of his death