Rediscovering Groups: A Psychoanalyst's Journey Beyond Individual Psychology (International Library of Group Analysis) - Softcover

Berg, David N.; Edelson, Marshall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185302726X ISBN 13: 9781853027260

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley, 1999

Synopsis

Edelson and Berg use stories to present, reflect on and learn from experience. They contrast the stories we tell about individuals and interpersonal interactions and those we tell about groups and organizations, and when we most usefully tell which kind of story. The authors deplore the tendency to rely on individual psychology for understanding problems in groups or organizations and so, emphasizing the psychopathology of individuals, to blame them for what is going on.
Their stories are about conflicts between individual and group, and how these affect the formation of a group and what it's like to be a group member. They are also about using and abusing authority; scapegoating; and perceiving, pigeonholing, and responding to members in terms of stereotypes of the other groups to which they belong (gender, race, ethnicity, and status).
Finally, the book suggests the various ways different kinds of groups can be used to help people in distress. It also presents what goes into bringing about organizational changes to help people who are trying to do their jobs in less than optimal conditions.

About this title

From the Author:

Marshall Edelson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, Yale University. He is a practising psychoanalyst, and the author of eight books. In June 2002 he will receive a Founders Distinguished Teacher Award from the New England Psychoanalytic Society. David N. Berg, an organizational psychologist who has his own consulting practice, is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, Yale University.

About the Author:

Marshall Edelson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, Yale University. He is a practising psychoanalyst, and the author of eight books. In June 2002, Professor Edelson will receive a Founders Distinguished Teacher Award from the New England Psychoanalytic Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 185302726X
• ISBN 13: 9781853027260
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 412