Group Analytic Therapists at Work

Group Analytic Therapists at Work is an accessible introduction to the experience of being in group analytic psychotherapy from a wide range of perspectives. Written by members of the Group Analytic Network London, the chapters explore the history of group analysis and span key areas, including the political and the social, diversity and difference, gender and norms, and isolation and the social sphere. Group Analytic Therapists at Work contains discussion of themes such as group work with differing age ranges and life stages, cultural considerations, normativity, inclusion and exclusion, isolation and the internet. Each chapter provides insight from an experienced group analyst into what happens in groups, what group analysts think about while running their groups and, fundamentally, what group analysis is about. This book will be of great interest to psychotherapists in practice and in training, group therapists and group analysts and other professionals, as well as anyone else seeking to increase their understanding of group work.

Amélie Noack is a training group analyst and a Jungian psychoanalyst. She worked in private practice, as well as teaching and supervising in the UK and abroad, was Convenor of the London Qualifying Course and Foundation Course and served on the EGATIN Committee. She now works at GRAS in Germany. David Vincent is a group analyst and psychoanalytic psychotherapist with a Professional Doctorate from the University of Essex and worked for many years in the NHS as Consultant Adult Psychotherapist. He has been Chair of Council for the IGA and Chair of Ethics for the BPC.

Acknowledgements About the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction What do we call what we do? Amélie Noack, David Vincent Part 1 Groups and group therapy Chapter 1 Why groups are important and what they do Amélie Noack Chapter 2 History and Development of Group Analysis David Vincent Chapter 3 The Group Analytic Network London Sue Einhorn, Amélie Noack Part 2 The political and the social Chapter 4 The Political and the Personal Diane Rogan-Sofer Chapter 5 In the Realm of the Political Eugene Clerkin Chapter 6 The Strange Phenomenon of being a Group Analyst Sue Einhorn Part 3 Diversity and difference Chapter 7 A Turkish Speaking Women's Group and the Cultural Considerations in everyday Group Analysis Seda Sengun Chapter 8 Finding Words for It - The Birth of Group Analytic Training in Rwanda Justin Phipps Chapter 9 The Dynamics of the Social Unconscious at Work in the Therapy Group Sylvia Hutchison Chapter 10 Who helps whom? A Group Analytic Approach to Working with Mothers and Babies in an NHS Perinatal Mental Health Service Sheila Ritchie Part 4 Gender and norms Chapter 11 The Matrix as Container and Crucible Amelie Noack Chapter 12 The Father in the Group David Vincent Chapter 13 The Patrix - A new Concept for Group Analysis Amelie Noack Chapter 14 Normative Authority Sarah Tucker Part 5 Isolation and the social sphere Chapter 15 Internet and Group Analysis Neil Telfer Chapter 16 Psychic and Social Isolation Sylvia Hutchinson Chapter 17 Teaching and Learning in Small Groups: Maximising learning and minimising anxiety in an Experiential Group Sandra Evans Chapter 18 Belonging: Inclusion and Exclusion - Who has the Power Sue Einhorn References Index