Group-Analytic Contexts, Issue 80, June 2018

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conjoint therapy he had the opportunity to split the good and the bad
transference. Sometimes the conductor, sometimes the group and
sometimes the individual therapist were the bad ones or the good ones.
It changed and helped him to access his own behaviour. The therapy
is still going on.
Conclusion
In my opinion a patient’s fear of becoming part of an unknown group
is often the fear of an existential threat or danger to the security of his
identity. Many patients are less anxious and therefore benefit more
when treated in individual and group therapy. Some patients only can
decide to step into a group therapy because they are offered individual
sessions too.
A psychoanalytic group needs a good temperature to work
together – not too hot and not too cold. It is important that each group
member takes an active part in every single group session. The fear to
speak spontaneously should be low in order to achieve a lived process
and to have fun working together. Every patient should get the
individual support that he needs to start the therapy which will help
him and to get support to develop well during therapy. To be treated
equally it is necessary to treat every patient in the way he needs, and
this might be very different for each patient.
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Kauff, P. (2009) Transference in Combined Individual and Group
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Türk, D. (2016) Kombinierte und parallele Einzel- und
Gruppentherapie - immer noch ein rotes Tuch?
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Türk, D. (2017) Warum Gruppe Spaß macht - zur Persönlichkeit des
Gruppenleiters Gruppenpsychother. Gruppendynamik
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Wöller, W. (2016) Der ausreichend gute Therapeut. Psychotherapeut
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Hayne, M. (1999) Die Indikationsstellung in der Gruppentherapie.
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Dorothe Türk
dorothe.tuerk@googlemail.com