Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis : The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies

The Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis explores the social unconscious in persons, groups and societies in terms of the "un-acknowledged" restraints and constraints of our social and cultural groupings.

In this context, Earl Hopper and an international team of contributors elucidate the theory and concept of the tripartite matrix as a tool for the deeper understanding of the human condition and for clinical work in various settings. They consider topics ranging from envy to intersectionality, and from addiction to the inability to mourn.

The Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis will be of great interest to group analysts, psychoanalytical group therapists, psychoanalysts and psycho-dramatists, as well as to social scientists more generally. Its extensive bibliography will be of particular value to students.

Earl Hopper, PhD, is a Psychoanalyst, Group Analyst and Organizational Consultant in private practice in London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, an Honorary Member of the Institute of Group Analysis, an Honorary Member of the Group Analytic Society International, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. The Editor of the New International Library of Group Analysis, he is a renowned teacher, trainer and consultant in the United Kingdom and many other countries.