The Group as an Object of Desire: Exploring Sexuality in Group Therapy

ISBN-13: 9781583918715 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 320 str.

Morris Nitsun

Opis

Morris Nitsun argues that desire and sexuality are key components of human experience that have been marginalised in group psychotherapy literature. He creates a picture of the potential in group therpay for the most intimate narrative and highlights current concerns about sexual identity and boundary transgression.

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Wider Discourse. Discourses of Desire. Sexual Development. Sex and Psychoanalysis. Sex and Politics. Part II: The Group Discourse. Sex in Group Psychotherapy - A Review. Desire in Group Analysis. A Group Psychotherapy Perspective of Sexuality. Part III: The Clinical Discourse. Introduction to Part III. The Erotic Connection. The Theme of Incest. Dissociated Desire. The Group as Witness. Sexual Pairing. Erotic Transference and Counter-Transference. Homosexuality in the Group. Part IV: The Linked Discourse. The Therapist, Overview - Linking Theory and Practice.

O autorze

Morris Nitsun is a consultant clinical psychologist in Camden & Islington Mental Health Trust.  He is also a training analyst at the Institute of Group Analysis and works privately at the Group Analytic Practice.  He is author of The Anti-Group: Destructive forces in the group and their creative potential