Kaj J. Davidkin
Kaj J. Davidkin, MA (psychologist), is a training psychoanalyst in individual and group psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. He received his training at Therapeia Foundation’s training institute and the Finnish Group Psychotherapy Association. He has a private practice in Helsinki, where he has worked as an individual and group psychoanalyst for thirty-five years. Davidkin has also worked as a training supervisor in psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, group psychotherapist, and group psychoanalyst training programmes. He has been director of a five-year psychoanalyst training programme organised by Therapeia Foundation’s training institute in cooperation with the University of Helsinki. He has acted as a responsible trainer in the first four-year psychoanalytic couple psychotherapist training programme organised by Therapeia Foundation’s training institute in cooperation with the Helsinki Psychotherapy Association. Davidkin has served as chairman of the Therapeia Association and vice chairman of the Therapeia Foundation’s executive team. Currently, he is the responsible trainer in the four-year psychoanalyst-psychotherapist training organised by Therapeia Foundation in cooperation with the University of Helsinki. He is also the vice chair of the board of the Finnish Group Psychotherapy Association. He has published several articles on psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and group dynamics. Davidkin is also a guest member of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He has written a chapter on psychoanalytic interpretation in the book, Alive Moments in Psychoanalysis and the Art of Interpretation, which was published by Therapeia Foundation in February 2025. He has also been organising several psychoanalytic and group psychoanalytic domestic and foreign seminars and webinars. He has presented several papers at conferences in Lithuania, Italy, and Israel.
Group Dynamics in Therapy and Supervision: Reaching the Unconscious
This valuable book presents the theory and practice of group psychotherapy and shows what can be achieved with psychoanalytic group psychotherapy and group work supervision, and why it is such an... (more)