Group analysis developed out of psychoanalysis, but kept the fundamental principles of the latter. The classical structural theory of the personality comprises the id that is an ego-centred instinct, the ego that develops out of it, and the superego representing the influences of our guardians. It presents us with a lonely person, not a very useful image for group analysis. The recently discovered social instinct enables us to complete the structural theory, with an instinct based social function we call -nos-, Latin for -we-. The new human paradigm gives us the social person. We are...
Group analysis developed out of psychoanalysis, but kept the fundamental principles of the latter. The classical structural theory of the personality ...