Group Analytic Therapists at 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.

"This is an ambitious book and its aims - to provide a history of group analysis, to identify some of the key issues in contemporary practice and to say something about how groups might be expected to help people - are resoundingly well met. The authors expertly set out the many strands which arise in a multi-authored text of this kind and the breadth and the depth of the many well-chosen clinical examples shed light on how one might utilise that knowledge to promote insight and understanding. The contributors reflect on the original concepts and introduce some new ideas arising from their own valuable body of written work and practice illustrated with some well-chosen clinical examples. An absorbing read." - Ewa Wojciechowska, The Institute of Group Analysis"This book is a declaration of love for groups and for group analysis. It tells us why groups are important, what kind of role they play in our lives and how we can use group analysis, as a specific psychotherapeutic method, to explore the inner dynamics of groups, thus helping to heal disturbed human beings. The book describes and focuses on many different aspects, thus being of great help to those, who always wanted to know, how group analysis cures and why group analysis is so efficient in doing this." - Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Rohr, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany and International Group Analytic Consultant (GASI). "This collaborative work from members of a leading group analytic network provides an invaluable exploration of how group analysis, with its understanding of the individual as a nodal point in a dynamic matrix of social, cultural, biological, and political forces, offers an effective model for a comprehensive intersectional understanding of groups and individuals in a complex, interdependent world. Covering both the underpinnings of the group analytic approach as well as contemporary developments in theory and practice, this book will engage clinicians, academics and anyone interested in the psychosocial world." - Peter Wilson, Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice

• AcknowledgementsAbout the ContributorsList of Abbreviations Introduction What do we call what we do? Amélie Noack, David VincentPart 1 Groups and group therapy Chapter 1 Why groups are important and what they do Amélie NoackChapter 2 History and Development of Group Analysis David VincentChapter 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-SoferChapter 5 In the Realm of the Political Eugene Clerkin Chapter 6 The Strange Phenomenon of being a Group Analyst Sue EinhornPart 3 Diversity and difference Chapter 7 A Turkish Speaking Women’s Group and the Cultural Considerations in everyday Group Analysis Seda SengunChapter 8 Finding Words for It – The Birth of Group Analytic Training in RwandaJustin PhippsChapter 9 The Dynamics of the Social Unconscious at Work in the Therapy GroupSylvia HutchisonChapter 10 Who helps whom? A Group Analytic Approach to Working with Mothers and Babies in an NHS Perinatal Mental Health Service Sheila RitchiePart 4 Gender and norms Chapter 11 The Matrix as Container and Crucible Amelie NoackChapter 12 The Father in the Group David VincentChapter 13 The Patrix – A new Concept for Group Analysis Amelie NoackChapter 14 Normative Authority Sarah TuckerPart 5 Isolation and the social sphereChapter 15 Internet and Group Analysis Neil TelferChapter 16 Psychic and Social IsolationSylvia HutchinsonChapter 17 Teaching and Learning in Small Groups: Maximising learning and minimising anxiety in an Experiential Group Sandra EvansChapter 18 Belonging: Inclusion and Exclusion – Who has the Power Sue EinhornReferencesIndex