Abstract
In this article, the dynamics of smaller groups are explored and contrasted with the standard sized therapy group. In the depleted group, the usual dynamic processes are suspended. Material from the author's outpatient group is used to illustrate the predominance of the themes of early development.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Balint, M.
(1968 ) The Basic Fault . London : Tavistock .
2.
Foguel, B.S.
(1994 ) `The Group Experienced as Mother: Early Psychic Structures in Analytic Groups' , Group Analysis
27 (3 ): 265 -285 .
3.
Foulkes, S.H.
(1948 ) Introduction to Group-analytic Psychotherapy . London : Heinemann .
4.
Foulkes, S.H.
(1964 ) Therapeutic Group Analysis . London : George Allen and Unwin .
5.
Foulkes, S.H.
and
Anthony, E.J.
(1957 ) Group Psychotherapy: The Psychoanalytical Approach . Reprinted London : Karnac , 1984.
6.
Winnicott, D.W.
(1950 ) `Aggression in Relation to Normal Emotional Development' , in Through Paediatrics to Psychoanalysis . London : Hogarth , 1958.