The Evolution of Group Analysis - Hardcover

Pines, Malcolm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0710092903 ISBN 13: 9780710092908

Publisher: Routledge, 1983

Synopsis

S. H. Foulkes was the founder of the group analytic school of group psychotherapy. This volume represents an introduction both to his work, and to the developments based on it. Amongst the subjects covered are the nature of the therapeutic process in the light of recent research in child development, the relationship of group analysis to psychoanalysis and the school of Lacan, and research into the results of group therapy. Included are the first three annual S. H. Foulkes lectures which explore his life, the historical significance of his work, and his advances in psychoanalysis, particularly in the realm of narcissism. Other papers explore the influence of Foulkes's ideas in Europe, showing how the systems of Jung and Freud can be integrated with group analysis. The book includes a clear and illuminating exposition of Foulkes's theories by Malcolm Pines.

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About the Author

Malcolm Pines is a group analyst and psychoanalyst, and a founder member of the Institute of Group Analysis. Prior to his retirement, he was Consultant Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. He was a close associate and pupil of S. H. Foulkes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710092903
• ISBN 13: 9780710092908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 393