1st Edition

Resistance, Rebellion and Refusal in Groups The 3 Rs

By Richard M. Billow Copyright 2010
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

The author expands and develops his ideas, first presented in Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion. He constructs a theoretically sophisticated, yet experience-near approach to contemporary group therapy. Building on Bion's striking theoretical realignment, replacing the polarity unconscious-conscious with infinite-finite, the author revises traditional concepts and... Read more
I: Truth and Falsity in Group; One: The group never leaves the room: The radical nature of combined psychotherapy; Two: Truth, significance, and the role of falsity; Three: The two faces of the group therapist; II: Resistance, Rebellion and Refusal; Four: Introducing the 3 Rs of relational group psychotherapy; Five: Resistance; Six: Rebellion; Seven: Refusal; III: Modes of Therapeutic Interaction; Eight: The four modes of therapeutic interaction

Biography

Richard M. Billow