Difficult topics in group psychotherapy : my journey from shame to courage / Jerome S. Gans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gans, Jerome S.

Series:

New international library of group analysis.

New international library of group analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains eleven selected papers on difficult topics group therapists encounter in their work. Based on the author's forty years in the field, these papers include the topics of shame, courage, hostility, combined individual and group therapy, money, indirect communication, difficult patients, silence, and the missed session. Written from a psychodynamic orientation with a relational emphasis, they pay special attention to countertransference. An autobiographical introduction to each paper discusses what experiences have led the author to write on each topic. These introductions honor

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Shame; Chapter Two: Hostility; Chapter Three: Broaching the subject of group therapy; Chapter Four: Money; Chapter Five: Indirect communication; Chapter Six: Difficult patients; Chapter Seven: Silence; Chapter Eight: The missed session; Chapter Nine: Courage; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-91272-2

0-429-89849-5

0-429-47372-9

1-282-78026-3

9786612780264

1-84940-750-9

9780429473722

OCLC:

693553118