Pat MacDonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 7339492 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pat MacDonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pat |
| FAMILY NAME | MacDonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Westminster Pastoral Foundation Counselling and Psychotherapy in Kensington, London. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Only One
In this article, I set down some of my experiences as the only white member in a group which was set up to discuss and to work on racial differences. I experienced a frightening sense of exclusion and working through difficult feelings in the group led me to an understanding of the discrimination black people encounter in their everyday lives. Many of my emotions and reactions I found echoed in those of the black African writer Frantz Fanon
Life and Death in an Analytic Group
After running my training group for a year without major incident, one of the members became seriously ill with cancer and a chaotic period ensued as members developed a warlike approach to one another, to the group and to their therapist. Three individuals departed without notice and it seemed the group would fold as others also threatened to leave. Recovery only came about when it was acknowledged that death had entered the group
All of us
S.H. Foulkes, who argued that we are all essentially group beings, established a school of analytic belief and practice where the group is central. The group therapy space is a field of imagination and a forum for the creation of meaning through a shared network which Foulkes calls the matrix. Although the matrix lies at the very heart of Foulkesian discourse, it is difficult to make sense of the concept and get a clear understanding of this sour…
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All of us
S.H. Foulkes, who argued that we are all essentially group beings, established a school of analytic belief and practice where the group is central. The group therapy space is a field of imagination and a forum for the creation of meaning through a shared network which Foulkes calls the matrix. Although the matrix lies at the very heart of Foulkesian discourse, it is difficult to make sense of the concept and get a clear understanding of this sour…
Life and Death in an Analytic Group
After running my training group for a year without major incident, one of the members became seriously ill with cancer and a chaotic period ensued as members developed a warlike approach to one another, to the group and to their therapist. Three individuals departed without notice and it seemed the group would fold as others also threatened to leave. Recovery only came about when it was acknowledged that death had entered the group
The Only One
In this article, I set down some of my experiences as the only white member in a group which was set up to discuss and to work on racial differences. I experienced a frightening sense of exclusion and working through difficult feelings in the group led me to an understanding of the discrimination black people encounter in their everyday lives. Many of my emotions and reactions I found echoed in those of the black African writer Frantz Fanon
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child Therapy and Development (2 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (1 works) · Energy (signal processing (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works)