From Group Dynamics to Group Psychoanalysis Therapeutic Applications of Group Dynamic Understanding

Preface.  Acknowledgments.  Part I: The Concept of Group Dynamics  1. Group Dynamics and the Individual Dorwin Cartwright and Ronald Lippitt  2. Toward a Common Basis for Group Dynamics: Group and Therapeutic Processes in Group Therapy Helen E. Durkin  3. Some Aspects of Group Dynamics Lewis H. Loeser  Part II: Nontherapeutic T-Groups: An Ideal Observational Medium for the Study of Group Dynamics  4. Some Dynamic Processes Observed During an Unstructured Group Laboratory Experience Morton Kissen  5. Training Groups for Psychiatric Residents Leonard Horwitz  6. Transference in Training Groups and Therapy Groups Leonard Horwitz  7. Defenses against “Depressive Anxiety” in Groups: The Case of the Absent Leader Warren G. Bennis  Part III: Phases of Group Development  8. The Work of Wilfred Bion on Groups Margaret J. Rioch  9. The Natural History of Training Groups Max Day  10. A Theory of Group Development Warren G. Bennis and Herbert A. Shepard  11. Toward a Theory of Group Development: Six Phases of Therapy Group Development Elmore A. Martin, Jr. and William Fawcett Hill  Part IV: Freudian Concepts Related to Group Dynamics  12. The Pleasure and Reality Principles in Group Process Teaching Stephen A. Appelbaum  13. The Kennedy Assassination and the Oedipal Struggles of a Training Group Stephen A. Appelbaum  14. Notes on Freud’s “Primal Horde” Concept and its Relevance for Contemporary Group Psychoanalysis Morton Kissen  15. The Concept of Regression in Group Psychotherapy Saul Scheidlinger  16. The Concept of Identification: An Evaluation of Its Current Status and Significance for Group Psychotherapy Morton Kissen  Part V: Group Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis  17. Notes on Psychoanalytic Group Therapy: Interpretation and Research Henry Ezriel  18. Group-Analytic Dynamics with Specific Reference to Psychoanalytic Concepts S. H. Foulkes  Part VI: Special Dynamics of Therapy Groups  19. Observations on Transference and Object Relations in the Light of Group Dynamics George R. Bach  20. Group Resistance and the Therapeutic Contract Louis R. Ormont  21. On the Concept of the “Mother Group” Saul Scheidlinger  22. A Group Psychotherapy Approach to the Treatment of Separated Women Morton Kissen  23. Group Dynamics of Acting Out in Analytic Group Psychotherapy Isidore Ziferstein and Martin Grotjahn  Part VII: Conclusion and Integration  24. From Group Dynamics to Group Psychoanalysis: Therapeutic Applications of Group Dynamic Understanding Morton Kissen.  Bibliography.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Morton Kissen