Group Psychotherapy Books at Karnac Books

Systems-Centered Therapy: Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups

Edited by Susan P. Gantt, Yvonne M. Agazarian

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)

Systems-Centred Theory and Practice: The Contribution of Yvonne Agazarian

by Yvonne M. Agazarian

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)

Resistance, Rebellion and Refusal in Groups: The 3 Rs

by Richard M. Billow

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)

Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions

Edited by Phil Hartley, David Kennard

Staff burnout and work-related stress in mental health professionals cost the National Health Service not only millions of pounds each year, but also impact upon the welfare of those being cared for.... (more)

Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis: Philosophy, History and Clinical Practice

Edited by John Gale, Enrico Pedriali

This book looks at the range of treatment programmes on offer in therapeutic communities for those suffering from psychosis. "Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis" offers a uniquely global insight... (more)

Social Dreaming in the 21st Century: The World We Are Losing

by John Clare, Ali Zarbafi

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)

Linking, Alliances, and Shared Space: Groups and the Psychoanalyst

by Rene Kaes

Group psychoanalysis (or group psychoanalytic psychotherapy) is a clinical practice that continues to be very active and plays an important role in the application of psychoanalysis, in the field of... (more)

Systems-Centered Practice: Selected Papers on Group Psychotherapy

by Yvonne M. Agazarian

Systems-Centered Practice presents a series of papers that trace the development of the theory of living human systems between 1987 and 2002. As the theory develops, so do the methods and techniques... (more)

Introduction to Social Dreaming: Transforming Thinking

by W. Gordon Lawrence

This preliminary text explores the phenomenon of social dreaming, a concept first introduced at the Tavistock Institute in 1982. The focus is on the dream and the social context of the dreamers... (more)

Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups

by Yvonne M. Agazarian

Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes a finely-tuned awareness of the defensive roles of anxiety and depression, with an analysis of the phases of... (more)

Experiential Learning in Organizations: Applications of the Tavistock Group Relations Approach

Edited by Laurence J. Gould, Lionel F. Stapley

This is an authoritative sourcebook on a major strand of Group Relations Theory - "learning from experience". This approach was developed jointly from psychoanalytic and open systems theories,... (more)

Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion (Hardback)

by Richard M. Billow

Building on Bion's early theory of group and his later formulations regarding the structure of thought and the role of affect, this work expands on the present understanding of relational theory and... (more)

Workbook of Group Analytic Interventions

by David Kennard, David Winter

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)

Tongued with Fire: Groups in Experience

by W. Gordon Lawrence

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The Psyche and the Social World: Developments in Group-Analytic Theory

by Dennis Brown, Louis Zinkin

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

Edited by Bill Barnes, Keith Hyde

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)

Group Relations, Management, and Organization

Edited by Robert French, Russ Vince

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)

The Use of Small Groups in Training

Edited by Robert Gosling

Describes the 'Tavistock Method', which marries psychodynamic principles derived from object-relations theory to the principles and techniques of group dynamics.

This volume is one of a series... (more)