Articoli che contengono il tag: change
Conduction Group in Multifamily Psychoanalysis: setting and countertransference
Abstract This paper aims to highlight some peculiarities of Multifamily Psychoanalysis with the purpose of stimulating thought, shared reflections and research. We do not claim in any way to completely fulfil a task that would be too challenging to be … Continua a leggere
Resonances and Reflections on the Works of Marinelli, Mellier, and Neri Presented at the “Group and Ritual” Conference
Abstract The theme “Group and Ritual” seems of particular significance at this profoundly complex and dramatic historical moment, with the danger of closing into the “private,” provoking a disintegrating and dangerous narcissism. The analytically-led small group can be not only … Continua a leggere
The mountain as field of group experience
Abstract This article explores a therapeutic intervention in the area of mental illness employing an “outdoor setting”, in the literal meaning of a setting outside any classic model, namely mountain therapy. It is a new practice, where the potential transformative … Continua a leggere
On the threshold. The invention of institutions as a turning point for change
Abstract In the paper I address three questions that seem useful to understand our relationship with institutions and its potentialities. a) How can the relationship with institutions be creative? b) How can the external world not to be also a … Continua a leggere
Group Psychotherapy for Children: between continuity and change
Abstract Starting from the experience of slow-open therapy groups of children and preadolescents, we will consider what happens in the group process when changes in the group composition occur , due to the arriving or leaving of the members. With … Continua a leggere
Facilitating Change: Boundaries and the Human-Nature Dialectic
Abstract The author examines the relationship between man, nature and the tightness’ of the boundaries of the species. The individual relates to family and community, as a set of individuals from which it derives its integrity, and self-awareness. Expand the … Continua a leggere
Individual and group elements in the individuation process
Abstract The author describes the phenomena related to the proliferation of new ideas and theories in psychoanalysis. Conservation and innovation, loyalty ‘and rupture have characterized the development of psychoanalysis from Freud to the new currents of thought, after the Second … Continua a leggere
Homogeneous female group from the view point of participant observation: critical reassesment of an experience
Abstract In this paper I will talk about participant observation in a homogeneous female group and of some considerations that were born from this experience. I shall try to retrace the theoretical arguments that justify the group as a therapeutic … Continua a leggere
