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Relational group psychotherapy : from basic assumptions to passion

Integrating relational theory with technique, this text reveals the personal nature of the process of group therapy as it affects the group therapist and group members. It builds on Bion's early theory of group and his later formulations regarding the structure of thought and the role of affect
Print Book, English, 2003
J. Kingsley Publishers, London, 2003
256 p.
9781843107385, 9781843107392, 1843107384, 1843107392
475355797
Introduction, James S. Grotstein; the authority of the group therapist's psychology; the therapist's anxiety and resistance to group; the basic conflic
to think or anti-think
applying Bion's theory of thinking to group; entitled thinking, dream thinking and group process; containing and thinking
the three relational levels of the container-contained; containing the adolescent group; bonding
the therapist's contribution; rebellion in group primal affects
loving, hating, and knowing; primary receptivity
the passionate therapist
the passionate group
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