Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What do we call what we do? -- Part 1. Groups and group therapy -- 1. Why groups are important and what they do -- 2. History and development of group analysis -- 3. The Group Analytic Network London -- Part 2. The political and the social -- 4. The political and the personal -- 5. In the realm of the political -- 6. The strange phenomenon of being a group analyst -- Part 3. Diversity and difference -- 7. A Turkish-speaking women’s group and the cultural considerations in everyday group analysis -- 8. Finding words for it – the birth of group analytic training in Rwanda -- 9. The dynamics of the social unconscious at work in the therapy group -- 10. Who helps whom? – a group analytic approach to working with mothers and babies in an NHS perinatal mental health service -- Part 4. Gender and norms -- 11. The matrix as container and crucible -- 12. The father in the group -- 13. The patrix – a new concept for group analysis -- 14. Normative authority -- Part 5. Isolation and the social sphere -- 15. Internet and group analysis -- 16. Psychic and social isolation -- 17. Teaching and learning in small groups – maximising learning and minimising anxiety in an experiential group -- 18. Belonging: Inclusion and exclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

"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 online work. Each chapter provides insight from a leading 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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