Systems-centered practice : selected papers on group psychotherapy (1987-2002) / Yvonne M. Agazarian ; foreword by Malcolm Pines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agazarian, Yvonne M., 1929-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group psychotherapy.

Social systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Systems-Centered Practice presents a series of papers that trace the development of the theory of living human systems between 1987 and 2002. As the theory develops, so do the methods and techniques that put it into practice. The book also describes in detail the connection between the hierarchy of defence modification and the specific phases of system development that determine readiness for change. The papers in this volume contribute to our knowledge of the permeability of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology through the investigation of living human systems, and of systems-centered group and individual therapy. The author's considerable body of work constitutes a blend of creativity and learning of the highest order.

Contents:

COVER; Introduction; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE Group-as-a-Whole Theory applied to scapegoating; CHAPTER TWO Re viewing Yalom: an interpersonal tale retold from the perspective of the group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER THREE The difficult patient, the difficult group; CHAPTER FOUR Group-as-a-Whole Systems Theory and practice; CHAPTER FIVE The invisible group: an integrational theory of group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER SIX The phases of development and the systems-centered group; CHAPTER SEVEN Reframing the group-as-a-whole

CHAPTER EIGHT Book review of Koinonia: From Hate, through Dialogue, to Culture in the Large Group by Patrick de Maré, Robin Piper, & Sheila ThompsonCHAPTER NINE A systems approach to the group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER TEN A systems-centered approach to individual and group psychotherapy; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91972-7

0-429-90549-1

0-429-48072-5

1-283-06898-2

9786613068989

1-84940-500-X

9780429480720

OCLC:

723945209