Group-Analytic Contexts, Issue 81, September 2018

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10 Group-Analytic Society International - Contexts this trajectory is circumscribed by the psychopathology of the individual, and although lip-service is paid to social and cultural factors, these are often consigned to the realms of irrelevance, or at best, placed in the background of the clinical investigation. Unfortunately, there is an opposite condition to found among some psychotherapists, for whom the individual has no real existence other than as a biological entity. According to such thinkers we are all constituted as a melting pot within the group mind, or as Foulkes put it, the individual is merely a nodal point in the group matrix, merging and differentiating, happily or unhappily, towards an uncharted destination. So where does this leave the confused disciple? Probably not much better off than at the beginning of this piece. But let me offer a few words of consolation. Whatever our starting point (both in life and in our professional journey) we have a tendency to gravitate towards our natural state. We may be lucky enough to discover this early on, or it may take many years. The influence of people whom we admire and the trainings which we undergo do shape our attitudes, but we still exercise choice over whom and what we allow into our sphere of influence. Those of us who thrive in a state of confusion can make as much of a contribution as those of us who strive towards ever more precise definitions and clarifications. Dr Harold Behr harold.behr@ntlworld.com Consultant Child Psychiatrist (retired) Hon. Member, Institute of Group Analysis.
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