Peter Potthoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 7339602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Potthoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Potthoff |
| SIGNATURE | POTTHOFF P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Group Analysis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0442-6901 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Psychoanalytic field theories and Foulkes’ concept of the matrix: Overlap and intersections – towards an updated theory of the matrix
The concept of the field is an interdisciplinary one that has travelled from the natural sciences to the social sciences, and subsequently to group analysis and psychoanalysis. Initially taken up by Foulkes—who later replaced it with his concept of the matrix—the field idea has also been developed independently by psychoanalytic authors of various persuasions. These authors have conceptualized the psychoanalytic setting as a field of mutual influ…
Group-analytic Practice Today: Intersubjective Perspectives and the Relational Paradigm
Over the past 50 years psychoanalysis and group analysis have quite moved apart from each other with very little exchange and cooperation left, while the pioneers of group analysis (Foulkes, Bion) emphasized the link with psychoanalysis. With the ‘intersubjective turn’ in psychoanalysis during the 1980s substantial common ground for group analysis and psychoanalysis has emerged, but not been completely recognized and appreciated in both disciplin…
Foulkes and Intersubjectivity: A Pioneer in Uncharted Territories
Since the 1940s Foulkes developed his theory of group analysis. Originating from Freudian psychoanalysis, Foulkes—through his experiences with groups—developed new concepts about human motivation, pathogenesis of mental illness and therapeutic options. In contrast to drive theory, he postulated relationality, search for contact and exchange, and belongingness as central motivations. In a sometimes surprising congruence with Foulkes’ ideas, the in…
Mentalization-based Treatment in Groups — a Paradigm Shift or old Wine in New Skin
Empirical studies demonstrate good efficiency of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) as developed by Fonagy, Bateman and Target in the therapy of borderline personality disorder. The reception of these results shows two opposing positions. One argues that MBT offers a paradigm shift because it is capable of profoundly changing or even replacing group analysis. The other position expresses doubts that MBT offers anything essentially new. The autho…
Measurement theory for the behavioral sciences
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Measurement theory for the behavioral sciences
Foulkes and Intersubjectivity: A Pioneer in Uncharted Territories
Since the 1940s Foulkes developed his theory of group analysis. Originating from Freudian psychoanalysis, Foulkes—through his experiences with groups—developed new concepts about human motivation, pathogenesis of mental illness and therapeutic options. In contrast to drive theory, he postulated relationality, search for contact and exchange, and belongingness as central motivations. In a sometimes surprising congruence with Foulkes’ ideas, the in…
Mentalization-based Treatment in Groups — a Paradigm Shift or old Wine in New Skin
Empirical studies demonstrate good efficiency of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) as developed by Fonagy, Bateman and Target in the therapy of borderline personality disorder. The reception of these results shows two opposing positions. One argues that MBT offers a paradigm shift because it is capable of profoundly changing or even replacing group analysis. The other position expresses doubts that MBT offers anything essentially new. The autho…
Group-analytic Practice Today: Intersubjective Perspectives and the Relational Paradigm
Over the past 50 years psychoanalysis and group analysis have quite moved apart from each other with very little exchange and cooperation left, while the pioneers of group analysis (Foulkes, Bion) emphasized the link with psychoanalysis. With the ‘intersubjective turn’ in psychoanalysis during the 1980s substantial common ground for group analysis and psychoanalysis has emerged, but not been completely recognized and appreciated in both disciplin…
Psychoanalytic field theories and Foulkes’ concept of the matrix: Overlap and intersections – towards an updated theory of the matrix
The concept of the field is an interdisciplinary one that has travelled from the natural sciences to the social sciences, and subsequently to group analysis and psychoanalysis. Initially taken up by Foulkes—who later replaced it with his concept of the matrix—the field idea has also been developed independently by psychoanalytic authors of various persuasions. These authors have conceptualized the psychoanalytic setting as a field of mutual influ…
Psychology (5 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 works) · Group analysis (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Intersubjectivity (2 works)