Group Psychotherapy Books
A Bridge Over Troubled Water: Conflicts and Reconciliation in Groups and Society
This book is a compilation of papers by different authors, among them Vamik Volkan, Robi Friedman, John Schlapobersky, Haim Weinberg, and Michael Bucholz, with a foreword by Earl Hopper and an... (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)
Permission to Narrate: Explorations in Group Analysis, Psychoanalysis, Culture
Permission to Narrate develops exciting new theory and explorations for group analysis. They are diverse in range and, from differing bases in theory and research, aim to cast light on how clients... (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)
Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy: Fifth Edition
Regarded as the definitive practitioner reference and text, this accessible work addresses all aspects of setting up therapy groups and making them work. A wealth of clinical material illustrates the... (more)
The Courage of Simplicity: Essential Ideas in the Work of W.R. Bion
Relying on and developing the ideas of W.R. Bion, this book observes psychoanalytic thinking through three prisms: person, group and society. The book is divided into four sections.
The first... (more)
Attention, Cooperation, Purpose: An Approach to Working in Groups Using Insights from Wilfred Bion
This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion’s ideas on... (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)
Self Experiences in Group, Revisited: Affective Attachments, Intersubjective Regulations, and Human Understanding
Since the publication of Self Experiences in Group in 1998 - the first book to apply self psychology and intersubjectivity to group work - there have been tremendous advancements in the areas of... (more)
Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach
Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach stands as a comprehensive account of theoretical and practical approaches to the group treatment of patients who present with problematic... (more)
Small, Large and Median Groups: The Work of Patrick de Maré
'This book is a remarkable tribute to the memory of Pat de Maré. You will find in these pages a selection of his work that represents his new and different understanding of groups, both large and... (more)
The Paradox of Internet Groups: Alone in the Presence of Virtual Others
The new virtual era is already here. We use the internet every day, to retrieve information, to purchase merchandise, and to connect with others. But do we really understand the psychology of the... (more)
Resistance, Rebellion and Refusal in Groups: The 3 Rs
Richard M. Billow expands and develops his ideas, first presented in Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion. He constructs a theoretically sophisticated, yet... (more)
Difficult Topics in Group Psychotherapy: My Journey from Shame to Courage
This book contains eleven selected papers on difficult topics group therapists encounter in their work. Based on the author's forty years in the field, these papers include the topics of shame,... (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)
Living on the Border: Psychotic Processes in the Individual, the Couple, and the Group
This book centres on the problem of psychosis, understood from a psychoanalytic perspective, as it manifests itself in different contexts and different levels of organisation: from the individual... (more)
Envy, Competition and Gender: Theory, Clinical Applications and Group Work
Envy Competition and Gender provides a unique perspective on gender difference in relation to envy and competitiveness, reframing and de-demonising these difficult emotions and revealing their... (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)
Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion
Integrating relational theory with technique, this text reveals the personal nature of the process of group therapy as it affects the group therapist and group members. It builds on Bion's early... (more)
The Evolution of Group Analysis
S.H. Foulkes was the founder of the group-analytic school of group psychotherapy. This volume represents an introduction both to his work, and to developments based on it. Subjects covered include... (more)
Workbook of Group Analytic Interventions
This book is designed to complement the academic and experiential training of therapists. It gives practical insights into how to deal with difficult situations. Particularly useful for those at the... (more)
The Psyche and the Social World: Developments in Group-Analytic Theory
Since his death, the ideas of S.H. Foulkes have been used and developed by many colleagues and followers. "The Psyche and the Social World" presents a coherent review of his basic ideas in the light... (more)
Ideology, Conflict, and Leadership in Groups and Organizations
This text integrates current knowledge of the psychodynamics of individuals, groups and organizations into a theoretical framework. The author shows how the interplay of libidinal and aggressive... (more)
Circular Reflections: Selected papers of Malcolm Pines.
In this selection of papers, Malcolm Pines explores many different aspects of psychoanalysis and group analysis. Section One contains four papers which highlight mirroring, child development, and... (more)
The Large Group: Dynamics and Therapy
This important, pioneering book collates our knowledge of large groups, both at a theoretical and practical level. Thirteen distinguished contributors offer experiences from a wide range of... (more)
Koinonia: From Hate, through Dialogue, to Culture in the Larger Group
A study of the larger group, focusing on the processes and dynamics whereby the group micro-culture emerges. As the initial frustrations of the group find expression in hate, this is transformed... (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)
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)