Trauma and the analytic attitude

2018 ◽  
pp. 205-222
Author(s):  
Marcus West
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Attitude

How to be a ‘good enough’ group analyst

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário David
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Personal Style ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Therapy Sessions ◽  
Training Practice ◽  
Analytic Attitude

A group analyst has an enormous influence over the group dynamics (the ‘matrix’) and this derives from his or her ‘identity or group analytic attitude’ which has been developed through training, practice and group analytic supervision. Each group analyst must develop personal attributes and also affective/cognitive capabilities required to become a ‘good enough group analyst’. Throughout group therapy sessions, specific dimensions appear related to each group analyst. These are of particular importance for a good evolution of group processes, pertaining to his ‘presence’ face-to-face with the group and to his personal ‘style’.

‘Where chaos was, there shall be a matrix’ (de Maré). The large analytic group between chaos and creativity—reflections on the concept, its history and further evolution

2020 ◽  
pp. 053331642094267
Author(s):  
Peter Potthoff
Keyword(s):  
Group Theory ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Dyadic Relationship ◽  
Analytic Group ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Intervention Technique ◽  
Analytic Process ◽  
Group Experiences ◽  
Group A ◽  
Analytic Attitude

The author presents a survey of the development of large group theory. Older publications (e.g. Kreeger, Turqet, also drawing on Freud, M. Klein, Bion) describe the chaotic-aggressive, near-psychosis character of the large group, a certain contrast between the seemingly ‘benign’ small group and the ‘destructive’ large group and a predominantly dyadic relationship between the conductor and the large group. More recent publications (Wilke, Island, formerly also de Maré) underline the creative-constructive potential of the large group and the intersubjective interweaving of the conductor and the large group. Experiences with a conductor-pair in the daily large group of the Altaussee workshop instead of one conductor are discussed. The author pleads for the application of modern intersubjective theorizing to the large group. The analytic attitude and intervention technique would be changed: the traditional position of strict neutrality, anonymity and abstinence as well as the emphasis on whole-group interpretations would be substituted by a more open stance that does not hide the subjectivity of the conductor(s) but rather reveals and uses the conductor’s subjectivity to promote the analytic process.

scholarly journals DIMENSIONS OF ANALYTIC ATTITUDE IN COGNITION AND PERSONALITY1

1963 ◽  
Vol 1963 (1) ◽  
pp. i-39
Author(s):  
Samuel Messick ◽  
Ferdinand J. Fritzky
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Attitude
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