Operative Groups: The Latin- American Approach to Group Analysis (INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF GROUP ANALYSIS)

This volume is a thorough introduction to operative groups. It starts by guiding the reader through the ideas of Pichon-Riviere, who conceived operative groups as a whole way of thinking and acting in groups, and then shows how the two schools of group analysis - the British and the Latin-American - coincide and inter-relate, shedding light on the theory behind both and including useful case material of various kinds of groups to illustrate such theory. This book is written by two Mexican analysts presents some new untapped regions of group analysis. The approach described by the authors is remarkable in terms of the disciplined and scientific attempt to apply psychoanalytic concepts to the work with groups.'- Psychologist-Psychoanalyst'Combined, [the authors] have tremendous clinical experience and a most impressive knowledge of psychoanalysis, group analysis and the Latin American schools of group psychotherapy... The present book is a major contribution to the network of group-analytic knowledge at the beginning of the 21st century.'- from the Foreword by Malcolm PinesGroup therapy and other dynamic approaches to the co-ordination of groups may focus either on the individual psychodynamics or on the group-as-a-whole. In Britain, group analysis developed as a group-centred approach of both therapeutic and non-therapeutic groups, from the foundational work of S.H. Foulkes. But there has been another, independent, Latin-American school of group analysis, which originated in Argentina as a result of the work and teachings of the Swiss born Argentine psychoanalyst Enrique Pichon-Rivière.This volume is a thorough introduction to operative groups. It starts by guiding the reader through the ideas of Pichon-Rivière, who conceived operative groups as a whole way of thinking and acting in groups, and then shows how the two schools of group analysis - the British and the Latin-American - coincide and inter-relate, shedding light on the theory behind both and including useful case material of various kinds of groups to illustrate such theory.This is the first book to be published in English that makes available the work of the Latin American school of group analysis. It will be a thought-provoking read for group analysts, psychotherapists and social scientists in all parts of the world, and for all therapists and analysts interested in developing the theoretical underpinning of their work. Operative Groups: The Latin-American Approach to Group Analysis......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 Foreword......Page 11 Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 13 Group analysis and operative groups......Page 17 Enrique Pichon-Rivière: pioneer and outcast......Page 27 An attempted definition......Page 39 The task......Page 41 Operations research, decision making and strategic planning......Page 44 The Conceptual Referential Operative Schema (CROS)......Page 49 The individual and the group......Page 54 The group process......Page 58 A new profession......Page 61 On the existence of groups......Page 63 The individual and the group......Page 68 A revision of the concept of CROS......Page 76 The problem of context......Page 84 The social and institutional dimension......Page 87 Communication, thinking, learning and change......Page 90 Summing up......Page 101 Introduction......Page 103 The transversal description of sessions......Page 107 The longitudinal description of the group process......Page 116 On workshops and laboratories......Page 133 Conclusions......Page 141 The transmission of the analytic experience......Page 143 On group supervision......Page 148 A clinical example from a supervisory group......Page 156 An experience in the training of group-analytic family therapists......Page 168 The individual, the group and the community......Page 187 Working with nurses in a public institution......Page 193 A reflection group in a therapeutic community......Page 199 The case of the multifamily group......Page 210 The use of operative groups in social research......Page 217 7 A Re-evaluation of Operative Groups and Group Analysis......Page 229 Notes......Page 233 References......Page 239 Subject Index......Page 257 Author Index......Page 269 Group therapy and other dynamic approaches to the co-ordination of groups may focus either on the individual psychodynamics or on the group-as-a-whole. In Britain, group analysis developed as a group-centred approach of both therapeutic and non-therapeutic groups, from the foundational work of S.H. Foulkes. But there has been another, independent, Latin-American school of group analysis, which originated in Argentina as a result of the work and teachings of the Swiss born Argentine psychoanalyst Enrique Pichon-Rivi+¿re. This volume is a thorough introduction to operative groups. It starts by g. Annotation In Britain, Group Analysis Developed As A Group-centred Approach Of Both Therapeutic And Non-therapeutic Groups, From The Foundational Work Of S.h. Foulkes. But There Has Been Another, Independent, Latin-american School Of Group Analysis, Which Originated. Juan Tubert-oklander And Reyna Hernández De Tubert ; Foreword By Malcolm Pines. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 237-253) And Indexes. This volume is a thorough introduction to operative groups. It starts by guiding the reader through the ideas of Pichon-Rivià ̈re, and then shows how the two schools of group analysis - the British and the Latin-American - coincide, shedding light on the theory behind both and including case material of various groups to illustrate such theory