Confrontation in the group analytic matrix: Toward a classification

Group - Tập 12 - Trang 191-197 - 1988
Dennis G. Brown1
1St. Mary's Hospital, London

Tóm tắt

This paper illustrates how confrontation is used in applying the Group Analytic model of Foulkes. Within the group, confrontation with images of the self and others provides a many-layered experience which transcends the classical psychoanalytic differentiation between confrontation, clarification and interpretation. A classification of seven types of confrontation is offered based on who confronts whom, and is linked with Foulkes's four levels of relationship within a group.

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