C R I S P I N B A L F O U R R E G I S T E R E D P S Y C H O T H E R A P I S T A U C K L A N D G R O U P P S Y C H O T H E R A P Y
Group
psychotherapy is the collaborative exploration of
relationships as they develop among the members of a group,
including the therapist. It offers the opportunity to see
ourselves through the eyes of others, and to see ourselves
in others.
Group psychotherapy is not primarily a problem solving
therapy and there are no pre-set topics. Instead group
members are invited to participate in an open conversation,
a kind of free association between the members of the group
including the conductor.
Through the developing network of relationships, we can
discover the unconscious influences affecting our current
emotional experience. Over time our inner world becomes
more available to us through our experience of the group,
and the group itself takes its own place inside us as a
resource for the future.
Foulkes
Bion
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