Paradox of Internet Groups

Haim Weinberg is a Californian and Israeli licensed psychologist and group analyst. He is Past-president of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society and the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy. He is the director of an international doctorate program in psychology with an emphasis on group psychotherapy at the Professional School of Psychology, Sacramento, California, where he serves as the academic Vice President.

• New International Library of Group Analysis Foreword -- Introduction -- It is all about relationships -- The frame of reference of group analysis -- Cultures and (virtual) groups: the Internet culture -- The non-body on the Internet: presence, immediacy, subjects, and (group) therapy -- Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries (and the forum manager/group leader's role) -- A large group with the illusion of a small group: listserve and forum dynamics -- The Internet and the social unconscious: from intimacy to E-ntimacy (c) -- Yalom's therapeutic factors virtually examined -- Conclusion