Foundations and applications of group psychotherapy : a sphere of influence / Mark F. Ettin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ettin, Mark F., 1947-

Series:

International library of group analysis ; 10.

International library of group analysis ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 1999.

Summary:

The author focuses on how to provide effective individual treatment within psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic groups and examines the structural properties of such groups as organizational entities in their own right. The book is divided into two main parts covering foundations and applications. The former looks at the history and epistemology of the grouping process, considering both practical and philosophical questions. The latter looks at specific psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic uses of the group medium, from which the reader can expect to gain both an in-depth understanding of the human grouping process and a practical knowledge of how to organize, facilitate, and manage collective treatment regimens. The final chapter of the book considers the logistics of small-group participation and the mythic roots of small-group culture. Although each chapter can be read as a discreet unit, they are linked and sequenced by recurrent motifs, consistent structural analyses, and a generalized perspective about collective dynamics.

Contents:

1. The Logos of Small-Group Participation: Structural Guidelines and Organizational Formats 5

Part 2 Foundations: History

2. Sitting in on Socrates' Walking Groups 31

3. The Invention of Modern Group Treatment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century 56

4. The Growth Spurt of Group Psychotherapy: Innovations Prior to World War II 79

Part 3 Foundations: Epistemology

5. A Group Is a Group Is a Group? Building a Collective Experience Through Inductive Processes 115

6. The Epistemology of the Group-as-a-Whole: Relying on Deduction to Render the Group Intelligible 148

7. The Art of Depiction: Finding Meaning in the Collective Process 174

Part 4 Applications: Psychoeducation

8. Myth, Metaphor, and Miracle in the Moment of Making: Leadership and Residence in Unstructured Process Groups 211

9. Managing Group Process in Nonprocess Groups: Working with Structured Theme-Centered Tasks 233

10. Group Development: Building Protocols for PsychoeducationalGroups 260

Part 5 Applications: Psychotherapy

11. Sphere of Influence: Holding Together in Remote Groups 289

12. Group Analysis: A Causal Paradigm for Working Through Impasse 314

13. The Group as a Cultural Phenomenon: Transforming Experience Through Collective Imagery 340

14. The Mythos of Small-Group Culture: Object Relations and Primitive Processes 369

15. The Evolution of the Human Collective: A Myth for Modern Times 404.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1853027952

OCLC:

40882253