Main description:

Group Analysis, the approach pioneered by Foulkes, is a form of psychotherapy in small groups and also a method of studying groups and the behavior of human individuals in their social aspects. Apart from a number of practical advantages, it has features of specific value. It is a method of choice for the investigation of many problems and for the

Contents:

Foreword -- Preface -- General Introduction -- The individual as a whole in a total situation -- The Study of the Group -- The Psychoanalytic Situation. -- The Group Analytic Situation. -- The Background -- The Therapist. -- Combined and uncombined Groups. -- Open and Closed Groups -- Phase B, "The Northfield Experiment" -- Group Work in the Various Phases. -- The Group-Analytic Situation -- Selection, Grouping. -- Time Factors -- Resume. -- The Conductor's Contribution -- Three basic principles -- The Group-analytic Situation in operation -- Treating a Ward. -- Treating a Hospital -- Spot-Lights from Group-analytic work -- The Location of a Disturbance -- The Conductor's Contribution -- The Conductor's Qualifications -- Training -- Survey -- Group Analysis and its Relation to Other Approaches -- Some Forms of Group Treatment; Views on Indications, Selection, Dynamics of Therapy