Systems-centered practice : selected papers on group psychotherapy (1987-2002) / / Yvonne M. Agazarian ; foreword by Malcolm Pines

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818654603321
• Autore: Agazarian Yvonne
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Karnac, 2006
• ISBN: 0-429-91972-7; 0-429-90549-1; 0-429-48072-5; 1-283-06898-2; 9786613068989; 1-84940-500-X
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 616; 616.8914
• Soggetti: Group psychotherapy; Social systems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; Introduction; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE Group-as-a-Whole Theory applied to scapegoating; CHAPTER TWO Re viewing Yalom: an interpersonal tale retold from the perspective of the group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER THREE The difficult patient, the difficult group; CHAPTER FOUR Group-as-a-Whole Systems Theory and practice; CHAPTER FIVE The invisible group: an integrational theory of group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER SIX The phases of development and the systems-centered group; CHAPTER SEVEN Reframing the group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER EIGHT Book review of Koinonia: From Hate, through Dialogue, to Culture in the Large Group by Patrick de Maré, Robin Piper, & Sheila ThompsonCHAPTER NINE A systems approach to the group-as-a-whole; CHAPTER TEN A systems-centered approach to individual and group psychotherapy; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Systems-Centered Practice presents a series of papers that trace the development of the theory of living human systems between 1987 and 2002. As the theory develops, so do the methods and techniques that ; put it into practice. The book also describes in detail the connection between the hierarchy of defence modification and the specific phases of system development that determine readiness for change. The papers in this volume contribute to our knowledge of the permeability of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology through the investigation of living human systems, and of systems-centered group and individual therapy. The author's considerable body of work constitutes a blend of creativity and learning of the highest order.