Exploring Perspectives in Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Europe: Assessing Current Status and Shaping Future Directions

Exploring Perspectives in Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Europe examines the theory, practice, research, and prospective developments of group analytic psychotherapy across European contexts. The volume brings together contributions from authors working in a range of European countries, offering an overview of current approaches within the field.

Individual chapters address the ways in which group analytic psychotherapy is practiced in culturally specific settings, with attention to the adaptation of the approach to local conditions and changing mental health demands. The book also considers the status of research within national clinical communities and outlines possible directions for further development.

The volume is intended for practitioners of group analytic psychotherapy, but also group psychotherapists and for those in training.

Anna Zajenkowska is an Associate Professor at VIZJA University in Warsaw, Poland. She is a trained group analyst, head of the Center for Personality Disorders at an outpatient clinic, and a supervisor applicant. She has served as a Board Member and as Head of the Group Section of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP), and is currently Head of the Polish Psychological Association.

Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and training group analyst at IGA-Norway. She combines clinical practice within the public health sector with psychotherapy research and teaching at the University of Oslo. She is also co-chairing a psychoanalytic training program for therapists in China and has served as a board member of the Group Section of EFPP.