gruppenanalyse

In this text, the author uses the sibling matrix to explain how sibling relationships shape our lives and what effects they have on our private, professional and social lives. She illustrates her findings with numerous case-studies and argues for a...

This article focuses on the different meaning(s) of family and culture in Foulkes’ work. It circles around Foulkes’ statement that »the family is to be regarded as a model of supreme importance that recurs in all cultures«; its overall...

In this interview, author and group analyst Jane Campbell describes the creation of her novel Interpretations of Love, which centres on a sibling relationship. She gives us an insight into the life of Malcolm, one of the siblings and the novel’s...

This article introduces the topic of siblings, discussing the personal sibling relationships of early psychoanalysts. It then explores theoretical developments before concluding with an examination of mentalisation-based work with groups in...

Hopper states, that there is little literature on the subject of siblings. Today there is a variety of family forms, siblings do not necessarily have to be biologically related. A sibling group is different from a peer group or a group of...

After presenting the theory of loss of cohesion: aggregation/massification as the fourth basic assumption in the unconscious »life« of traumatized social systems, Hopper argues that massification as a defence against aggregation is linked to and...