Group Psychotherapy Books
Large-Group Psychology: Racism, Societal Divisions, Narcissistic Leaders and Who We Are Now
A new and updated exploration of large-group psychology from world-renowned psychoanalyst Dr Vamik D. Volkan. This timely book investigates the underlying psychology of the societal divisions... (more)
The Art and Science of Working Together: Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organisations
The Art and Science of Working Together: Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organisations is a primary resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the complex unconscious dynamics of... (more)
The Groups Book: Psychoanalytic Group Therapy: Principles and Practice
Including The Groups Manual, A Treatment Manual, with Clinical Vignettes.
'This book is very important both for psychoanalysis and for social science. Psychoanalysis began with the treatment of... (more)
Group Psychotherapy: The Psychoanalytic Approach: Second Edition
This classic work attempts to present a comprehensive account for the lay reader of the principles and methods of group psychotherapy. (more)
From the Couch to the Circle: Group-Analytic Psychotherapy in Practice
From the Couch to the Circle: Group-Analytic Psychotherapy in Practice is a handbook of group therapy and a guide to the group-analytic model - the prevailing form of group therapy in Europe. It... (more)
The Anti-Group: Destructive Forces in the Group and their Creative Potential: Classic Edition
The 'anti-group' is a major addition to the theory and practice of group psychotherapy and applied group work. It comprises the negative, disruptive elements, which threaten to undermine and even... (more)
The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies: Volume 1: Mainly Theory
The social unconscious is vital for understanding persons and their groupings, ranging from families to societies, committees to organisations, and from small to median to large therapeutic groups,... (more)
Experiences in Groups
A classic study which, by synthesizing the approaches of psychoanalysis and group dynamics, has added a new dimension to the understanding of group phenomena. This collection of Bion's writings on... (more)
Group Analytic Psychotherapy: Method and Principles
Group analysis is a form of psychotherapy in small groups and also a method for studying groups and the behavior of human individuals in their social aspects. Apart from a number of practical... (more)
Group-Analytic Psychotherapy: A Meeting of Minds
This book offers practitioners, teachers and students of psychotherapy a detailed and comprehensive account of group analysis. It demystifies the workings of analytic groups and looks at the great... (more)
How to Run Reflective Practice Groups: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
In How to Run Reflective Practice Groups: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals, Arabella Kurtz explores the use of reflective practice in the modern healthcare context. Responding to the rapidly... (more)
A Group-Analytic Exploration of the Sibling Matrix: How Siblings Shape our Lives
Siblings play a vital part in our lives, yet their impact is frequently underestimated. A Group-Analytic Exploration of the Sibling Matrix offers a fresh group analytic approach to siblings,... (more)
Trauma and Organizations
This collection of new contributions from psychoanalysts, group analysts and organisational consultants from Europe, Australia and the United States examines the patterns of conscious and unconscious... (more)
Selected Papers: Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis
The collection of Foulkes' papers, which includes some unpublished material and some published in English for the first time, comprises not only the later Group-Analytic writings but also those from... (more)
Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization: New Perspectives from Group analysis, Psychoanalysis and Sociology
Is racial conflict determined by biology or society?
So many conflicts appear to be caused by racial and ethnic differences; for example, the cities of Britain and America are regularly affected... (more)
Individuals, Groups and Organizations Beneath the Surface: An Introduction
This volume is an introductory text to the individual and organizational dynamics by an author with extensive experience in the field. It examines the unconscious processes of human behaviour that... (more)
The Third Eye: Supervision of analytic groups
Brings together the thoughts of experienced practitioners of group analysis and the reactions of those they have supervised. 174 pages. (more)
Why Group Therapy Works and How to Do It: A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
This book describes how group treatment offers a unique opportunity for group members to learn and to change as they interact with other group members.
The group structure presents a social... (more)
Groups in Transactional Analysis, Object Relations, and Family Systems: Studying Ourselves in Collective Life
Groups are arguably an essential and unavoidable part of our human lives-whether we are part of families, work teams, therapy groups, organizational systems, social clubs, or larger communities. In... (more)
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy: Fifth Edition
This book has long been the standard text in the field. In this completely revised and updated fifth edition of The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Dr Yalom draws on nearly a decade of... (more)
The Group as an Object of Desire: Exploring Sexuality in Group Therapy
Why do people find it so difficult to talk openly about sex? In this original and ground-breaking book, Morris Nitsun argues that desire and sexuality are key components of human experience that have... (more)
Group Therapy: A Group Analytic Approach
Group Therapy: A Group Analytic Approach is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary group analytic theory and practice - the prevailing form of group therapy in Europe. Highly accessible yet... (more)
Group and Team Coaching: The Secret Life of Groups: Second Edition
Group and Team Coaching offers a new perspective on the 'secret life of groups', the subconscious and non-verbal processes through which people learn and communicate in groups and teams. Updated with... (more)
Mentalization-Based Group Therapy (MBT-G): A Theoretical, Clinical and Research Manual
Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) has gained international acclaim as an efficient treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder. The approach is also helpful for other personality... (more)
The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups, and Societies: Volume 3: The Foundation Matrix Extended and Re-configured
In this book the authors develop the theory of the tripartite matrix, consider music as a form of non-verbal communication as a sub-dimension of the matrix, and to present empirical studies of the... (more)
Group Analytic Psychotherapy: Working with Affective, Anxiety and Personality Disorders
Group analytic theory is internationally recognised as an effective treatment for people suffering from mental distress, struggles with personal development and interpersonal problems. Integrating... (more)
The Systems Psychodynamics of Organizations: Integrating the Group Relations Approach, Psychoanalytic, and Open Systems Perspectives
This authoritative source book on the learning and creative application of the systems psychodynamic perspective defines the field, presenting the key concepts, models, and social methodologies that... (more)
Introduction to Group-Analytic Psychotherapy: Studies in the Social Integration of Individuals and Groups
Group Analysis, the approach pioneered by Foulkes, is a form of psychotherapy in small groups and also a method of studying groups and the behavior of human individuals in their social aspects. Apart... (more)
The Portuguese School of Group Analysis: Towards a Unified and Integrated Approach to Theory Research and Clinical Work
At the time group analysis was emerging in the United Kingdom through the ideas of S. H. Foulkes, one of his followers, Eduardo Luis Cortesao, returned to Portugal and founded the Portuguese Society... (more)
The Theory and Practice of Balint Group Work: Analyzing Professional Relationships
Michael Balint's work grew out of a desire to analyze the doctor-patient relationship and improve diagnosis and treatment, and is now known and implemented internationally. In The Theory and Practice... (more)