The use of the self in group psychotherapy

Group ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret G. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
The Self

The impact of group psychotherapy on the self-image and self-feelings

Group ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Flapan ◽  
Gerd H. Fenchel
Keyword(s):  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Impact

Group Psychotherapy and Disorders of the Self

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene H. Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
The Self ◽  
Disorders Of The Self

The autoperception of intelligence in group psychotherapy of paranoid patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1324-1324
Author(s):  
J. Nikolic-Popovic ◽  
S. Manojlovic
Keyword(s):  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
False Image ◽  
And Behavior

Self-perception, as a part of self - concept, is a form of perception where the object being observed and the observer are one and the same. The self-concept is a cognitive structure and it mediates between social structures and behavior. In group psychotherapy, a therapist's interventions are focused on the replacement of a false paranoid identity (where the overestimation of one's own intelligence is part of the false image one has of himself) with a real one. Six psychotherapeutic groups of paranoid patients were studied. The methodological procedure known as the analysis of relations was used. It is a combination of the sociometric questionnaire and the test of social perception. The degree of appropriateness of auto-perception of intelligence is evaluated. The determination of the auto-perception of intelligence was carried out by comparing real ranks (from the real IQ) and the ascribed ranks (on the basis of the selected positions where the patient marked his own intelligence to be). The results for all the groups are consistent: there is a definitive (both in terms of the number and the degree) overestimation of one's own intelligence. It can be found at the basis of the paranoid pathology expression where we find the parallel nature of the projection of the introject of the aggressor and the introject of narcissistic superiority, partially incorporated into the unreal self concept. Psychotherapy at this level of solidly fixated conceptual categorization with a “falsification” of perceptual data is of crucial importance for the “dissolution” of the paranoid state.

Psicoterapia di coppia - Psicoterapia di gruppo Una dialettica possibile?

GRUPPI ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
Barbara Bianchini ◽  
Antonella Castelbarco ◽  
Valentina Chiorino ◽  
Rina Maria Galeaz ◽  
Laura Porta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy ◽  
Emotional Dynamics

- Through the exploration of the "bond" concept (as expressed by Kaës) - which is the specific unconscious reality that emerges from the encounter of two or more subjects - work with couples is analyzed through the evolution of what the authors see as the most fruitful paradigms for clinical work. Our understanding of individual and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy is examined, and basic clinical theoretical tenets are identified during the meeting with the couple. We determine the cardinal concepts by which we explore the evergrowing complexity of emotional dynamics. The therapist needs to observe and investigate both inner and outer personal aspects, as well as reciprocal emotional dynamics in order to define not only the self but also the meaning of us. The authors examine different phases in the couple's life, and, more specifically, what happens within the couple when a newborn arrives. Particular attention is given to the construction of the couple's common setting. Referring to transference and counter-transference dynamics, analogies and differences between group psychotherapy and couple psychotherapy are outlined in order to establish a possible dialogue between the two approaches.Key words: bond, couple, group, transference, counter-transference, unconscious group organizers.

Bion's Group Psychotherapy for Dramatic Personality Disorders: An Empirical Study in a Public Mental Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s782-s782
Author(s):  
M. Pacetti ◽  
M. Liotta ◽  
F. Ambrosini ◽  
R.P. Sant’Angelo
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Antisocial Personality Disorder ◽  
Basic Assumption ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
The Self ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Basic Assumption Group ◽  
Competing Interest

Educational objectivesPsychotherapy is the most preferable intervention for personality disorder patients and group psychotherapy offers the possibility to increase the self-perception through resonance and mirroring processes. When a group is disorganized and emotionally tensioned generates regressive movements, which make it a basic assumption group.PurposeTo highlight the change of a group of patients after the inclusion of a new patient named Margherita.MethodsThe patients were included within the group run by two psychotherapists after a cluster B personality disorder's clinical diagnosis (except for antisocial personality disorder), confirmed by SCID II and by a set of individual interviews aimed to prepare the patient to the inclusion within the group.ResultsMargherita, from the first sessions, showed the tendency to coercively polarize the attention on herself through themes of discouragement and helplessness, posing a threat for the members’ identity and resulting in a disorganization of the work group, which became a basic assumption group.ConclusionsThe temporary disorganization of the group with the consequent regression to a worse functioning condition has subsequently allowed to revitalize the group and to avoid its dissolution. After the temporary regression, indeed, the work group was restored and started again to function even based on the new patient's problems.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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