Main description:

Outlines how to select patients, which setting to provide, how to establish contracts and which techniques to use during group sessions. Provides a full introduction to TA group work, including research and theory. Future research directions are discussed, together with an overview of an experiment on online groups in the time of coronavirus.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Why the Group? 2. Group Theory 3. Change and Empowerment Factors in Group 4. Intersubjectivity and the Group as Emotional Regulator 5. Client Selection and Group Composition 6. Setting 7. Therapeutic Alliance and Contracts 8. Decontamination Work in a Group Setting 9. Deconfusion Work in a Group Setting 10. Basic Techniques: Therapeutic Operations 11. Advanced Techniques 12. Monitoring Group Evolution Through Group Imago Analysis 13. Transference, Countertransference, Games, and Enactments 14. Dreamwork in Group Therapy 15. Efficacy of TA Psychotherapy Groups in the Treatment of Personality Disorders 16. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders in a Group Setting 17. The End of Therapy 18. A Case Study 19. Online Groups at the Time of Coronavirus: An Ongoing Case Study 20. Efficacy and Limits of Group Psychotherapy Appendix