Articoli che contengono il tag: creativity
Therapeutic Factors?
Abstract Re-examination of the therapeutic factors in group treatment is not a rhetorical exercise. Developments in our understanding of the group psychic apparatus suggest that this unconscious dimension structures the subject’s psyche from birth onward. Moreover, given the current socio-cultural … Continua a leggere
Leading from below? Decisions, responsibility and creativity as a group dynamic
Abstract The institution tends to organise the individual in standard ways. And individuals are vulnerable to being organised for the convenience of the institution. Probably psychiatric patients needing hospitalisation are especially vulnerable to this coercive influence. This has for long … Continua a leggere
Getting your tutu wet: Creativity, Destructiveness and Survival
Abstract We are constantly made aware of destructiveness and hatred at the individual and organizational levels and are exhorted to recognize, condemn and to expel such behavior or it’s manifestations in ourselves and in our societies. However it is my … Continua a leggere
Ouverture. Institutions and thoughts toward a creative interchange
Abstract In this text I discuss the relationship between institutions and the mind as it has been developed in the socio-economic literature and in the psychoanalityc literature of Bionian matrix. Moreover, I identify “thinkability” as the complementary background of this … Continua a leggere
Reflection on Foulkes and basic assunts, “Italianiter”
Abstract The group becomes a place where bygone lacerations are exhibited, and where in the meantime hopefully a remedy will be found. The scars are the concrete evidence of our tormented stories, that show us our limits and those of … Continua a leggere
Lansquenet from “tranquillité” to play. Based upon the film Chocolat by Lasse Hallström
Abstract New is amazing, it affects senses, like a cold winter wind striking one’s face, like a red cloak standing out in the dullness of late winter night, like a good hot chocolate delighting even the most suspicious palate with … Continua a leggere
The happiness of dreaming
Abstract The function of dream is seen as an important resource of the group. It represents the history, the ideas, the thoughts, the memories, the sentiments that the group has experienced and developed over time. This tradition crosses through the … Continua a leggere
The body creates the head: sensations inventions and affective transformations in gruoups of children
Abstract The body with its resources of sensoriality, expressions and gestures is at the centre of the scene in children’s groups, the heart of the action, imagination, invention and exchange. An individual and collective process of ongoing creation and redefinition … Continua a leggere
