The Anti-Group: Destructive Forces in the Group and their Creative Potential (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions)

Morris Nitsun

ISBN 10: 0415813743 / ISBN 13: 9780415813747

Published by Routledge 2014-10-07, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Anti-Group: Destructive Forces in the Group and their Creative Potential (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions)
• Publisher: Routledge 2014-10-07
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415813743
• ISBN 13: 9780415813747
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The 'anti-group' is a major conceptual addition to the theory and practice of group psychotherapy. It comprises the negative, disruptive elements, which threaten to undermine and even destroy the group, but when contained, have the potential to mobilise the group's creative processes. Understanding the 'anti-group' gives therapists new perspectives on the nature of relationships and alternative strategies for managing destructive behaviour.

About the Author

Morris Nitsun is a consultant psychologist for the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, a psychotherapist at the Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice, a training analyst at the Institute of Group Analysis and the convenor of the Diploma in Innovative Group Interventions at the Anna Freud Clinic. His books include The Group as an Object of Desire (Routledge, 2006) and Beyond the Anti-Group: Survival and transformation (Routledge, 2015).