Group Psychotherapy Books
Systems-Centered Therapy: Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups
Systems-centered therapy (SCT) brings an innovative approach to clinical practice. Developed by Yvonne Agazarian, SCT introduces a theory and set of methods that put systems ideas into practice. The... (more)
The Dialogues in and of the Group: Lacanian Perspectives on the Psychoanalytic Group
This book is intended to be an introductory presentation of some key concepts of Lacanian Psychoanalysis as applied to the psychoanalytic group. The author describes his own encounter with Lacan and... (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)
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)
Group Supervision: A Guide to Creative Practice: Second Edition
Among the plethora of supervision books, "Group Supervision" is the only one dedicated to group work. Brigid Proctor shows how group supervision can provide a supportive environment in which... (more)
Social Dreaming in the 21st Century: The World We Are Losing
We are running out of ideas in Western society. Faced with global warming, Third World devastation, nuclear proliferation and the threat posed by religious conflict, we need new ways of thinking.... (more)
The Personal Development Group: The Student's Guide
The personal development group is a feature of many counselling and psychotherapy trainings. How does it facilitate personal development? Could it be more effective? Looking from the perspective of... (more)
Resonance and Reciprocity: Selected Papers by Dennis Brown
This collection of papers, published between 1976 and 2003, traces the innovative connections which the eminent group analyst Dennis Brown made between medicine and psychoanalysis. They reveal his... (more)
Observing Organisations: Anxiety, Defence and Culture in Health Care
The book explores the idea that to prevent or solve problems within organisations, one needs to look not only at the conscious elements, but also to understand the unconscious aspects. It presents a... (more)
Small Groups as Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development and Adaptation
This new general theory of small groups as complex systems draws on general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory. The authors view groups as adaptive, dynamic... (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)
Introduction to Groupwork: A Group-Analytic Perspective
Building on the individual's personal experience of groups, the authors offer an account of why things happen as they do in groups, providing a basis for developing groupwork in a range of settings,... (more)
A Guide to Starting Psychotherapy Groups
This guide aims to provide the reader with the elements needed for starting a therapy group. It should assist psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and other trained therapists in the process... (more)
Organizations in depth: The psychoanalysis of organizations
Illustrated with numerous examples, this is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the insights psychoanalysis can offer to the study of organizations and organizational behaviour. 338 pages. (more)
Group Relations, Management, and Organization
This collection brings together new and important essays by an international group of authors. The authors represent different cultures, roles, and institutional backgrounds, as well as a variety of... (more)
Learning for Leadership: Interpersonal and Intergroup Relations
This study is designed to teach readers of the human problems of leadership, and to show new conceptions of leadership and new methods of training relevant to our modern industrial society.
This... (more)
The Group Context
This introductory book describes the complex ideas integral to group work in a clear and accessible way, so as to make them available to a wide readership. 227 pages.
Reworking Authority: Leading and Following in the Post-Modern Organization
Assesses the new culture of authority - increasingly prevalent in the working environment - which expects people to bring more of themselves psychologically to the job. The text explores how... (more)
Bion's Legacy to Groups
'It is characteristic of some forms of scientific genius to alter not just what we see in the world, but how we see it - not just the view, but the lens. One thinks of Freud's discovery of the... (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)
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)
Psychoanalytic Group Therapy
Karl Konig and Wulf-Volker Lindner have distilled their many years of research, rich clinical experience, and extensive theoretical knowledge of analytic group psychotherapy. Now, for the first time... (more)
What Happens in Groups: Psychoanalysis, the Individual and the Community
Systematically works through the psychoanalytic concepts which bear on what happens in groups, with examples from the author's own practice, and readings of the works of Klein, Bion and Menzies-Lyth.... (more)
Doing the Business of Group Relations Conferences: Exploring the Discourse
Group Relations conferences offer opportunities to learn about group, organisational and social dynamics; the exercise of authority and power; the interplay between tradition, innovation and change;... (more)
New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy: Relational Ground, Authentic Self
Gestalt therapists often work with groups. Group therapists from a variety of theoretical orientations frequently incorporate insights and methodology from gestalt therapy. New Directions in Gestalt... (more)
Essentials of Group Therapy
Group therapy is an increasingly popular treatment modality for a variety of disorders and client populations. Essentials of Group Therapy provides both professionals and students with a clear... (more)
Adlerian Group Counseling and Therapy, Step-by-step
A distillation of some of the most significant ideas pertaining to the group work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs, this text illustrates the development of a group from its formation to its final... (more)
Group Psychotherapy and Addiction
This important collection is written by many well-known experts, several renowned on the international stage, with perspectives from the UK, USA and Scandinavia. They share their extensive... (more)
Art Therapy for Groups: A Handbook of Themes, Games and Exercises: Second Edition
Contents: Part 1: Art Therapy Groups. Art Therapy and Groupwork. Running a Group. Recording, Evaluation and Evidence-based Practice. Learning from Problems in Groups. An Example in Detail: The... (more)