Dreams in Group Psychotherapy

Claudio Neri is Professor of `Theory and Technique of Group Dynamics' at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome. He is a member of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, where he teaches, and the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is supervisor of the Group Psychology service at the Centre for Medical Hygiene at the USL `Roma B', part of Italy's National Health Service. The author of the book Group (also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers), Dr Neri is also the editor of two professional journals. Malcolm Pines is a group analyst and psychoanalyst, and a founder member of the Institute of Group Analysis. Prior to his retirement, he was Consultant Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and is a former President of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy. He is the author of many books, including Circular Reflections: Selected Papers on Group Analysis and Psychoanalysis, and co-editor with Irene Harwood of Self Experiences in Group, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Robi Friedman is head of Technion's student counselling centre at Carmel Institute for Groups, Haifa University. He teaches courses in individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, team building, and dream seminars. Recent publications regarding dreams in group psychotherapy include articles in Group Analysis and Funzionegamma.

• Introduction. Part I: Theory of Dreams in Group Psychotherapy. 1. The Illumination of Dreams Malcolm Pines. 2. Dreams in Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy J. Scott Rutan and Cecil A. Rice. 3. Dreamtelling as a request for Containment in Group Therapy Robi Friedman. 4. The Polyphonic Texture of Intersubjectivity in the Dream Rene Kaes. 5. Sharing Dreams in Group Psychotherapy Peter J. Schlachet. 6. Singular Dream - Dream of Link Janine Puget. Part II: The Groundwork of Dreams. 7. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on" James S. Grotstein. 8. The enchanted world of sleep Peretz Lavie. Part III: Clinical Contributions. 9. Fabiana's Dreams Claudio Neri. 10. The Dream in a Tavistock Group Marion Solomon. 11. Self Psychology, Dreams, and Group Psychotherapy Martin S. Livingston. 12. Discussion of Martin Livingston's work Irene Harwood. 13. Reflections on Dreams Salomon Resnik. 14. Dreaming and Acting Stefania Marinelli. Part IV: Specialised Techniques. 15. The Complementarity of Social Dreaming and Therapeutic Dreaming W. Gordon Lawrence and Hanna Biran. 16. The Oneirodrama Group Ioannis K. Tsegos and Marianna Tseberlidou. 17. The Dream and the Large Group Anna Maria Traveni and Monica Manfredi. 18. Dreams as Stimulators of Group Processes Ophelia Avron. Glossary. References. Index.