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Some of the requirements of the occupational field of residential youth care are highlighted, especially with regard to the residential group as a place of living and the lifeworld orientation of pedagogy. The leadership setting is particularly...

After an introduction to the legal foundations of the psychiatric prison system in Germany, the history and concrete approaches of the group-analytically oriented therapeutic community in this increasingly important area of criminal justice are...

The following text describes the two-year process of a group-analytic teaching group that took place within the framework of the Heidelberg Evening Clinic. The setting is examined in more detail and the course of the group is retrospectively divided...

This article is dedicated to biographical creative writing in groups. The author explains the content and methods of writing groups. She sheds light on the intertwining of writing and storytelling in the groups and draws parallels to life review...

The article deals with a personal aspect of the often-discussed topic of silent people in the large group and investigates the various aspects that lead to this symptom. Initially, central points are presented that describe the large group....

Linking improvisation with the concept of group analysis expands the range of expression within the group analytic setting and allows for creative interactions. This can bring to light hidden or elusive emotions and thoughts that may not be easily...

The objective of this text is to present Pichon-Rivière’ s notion of task as a means to deal with the unconscious dimensions in groups outside of the consulting room. The text contains a theoretical and practical reflection. Castanho starts with...

This article presents the first phase of a supervision process of a group of voluntary hospice caregivers. The focus of the reflection is the question why it was in the matrix of this supervision group to fall silent in an agonising way, because...

In a preliminary remark those brilliant —mostly Jewish– German speaking intellectuals of the 20th-century in central Europe are acknowledged, who formed the background—the matrix—from which Foulkes developed his ideas of matrix and...

In the following text, the influences of team dynamics on the course of an inpatient psychotherapy group are described in terms of the intertwining of the group matrix with the institutional context. The author also refers to anti-group phenomena...

In recent months, a number of emotionally charged and polarizing discussions have developed around the topic of »transgender«, in which a variety of different positions and respective concerns are involved. A differentiated examination of the...

This text deals with the basics of group analytically based consulting in companies, organizations and institutions. Starting from the external framework conditions and consulting goals, the author describes the prerequisites that group analytically...

Werner Beck talks about his groupanalytic training with S. H. Foulkes in the 1970s in Austria and England. This is remarkable because Foulkes held these seminars in English for the first time in a German speaking country in the 70ies. 1933 he was...

Earl Hopper develops his theory about incohesion as a fourth basic assumption in the unconscious life of groups and group-like social systems in which trauma is prevalent. The individual experience of being inadequately held gives rise to...

Experienced group analyst Rudolf Heltzel talks to editorial board member Martin Lüdemann about his experience with large groups. He discusses both difficult and enriching experiences and describes the benefits a large group can have in...

Mankind has always been violent or has killed one another, be it individually or in small or large groups. Psychoanalysis has always dealt with this issue and formulated the contradiction to the wish for peace. To reach this, society has to create...

In recent years, large groups have increasingly come into the focus of group analysts and have become an important part of their work. It seems urgent to consider concepts with which experienced colleagues can be trained and supported as large group...

The following text describes the course of treatment of a patient in group therapy across different settings of a psychiatric institution (acute ward – psychotherapy ward – psychotherapy day clinic – outpatient clinic). The authors describe...