Martin Bhurruth
Biographic Data
| ID | 7339658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Bhurruth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhurruth |
| SIGNATURE | BHURRUTH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Derbyshire Mental Health Trust and University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Report of a small feasibility study involving group analysts and groupwork practitioners in facilitating self-practice/self-reflection groups in the training of cognitive behaviour therapists
This article provides a narrative account of a small research study run with a grant from the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) Legacy Fund. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of engaging in research involving interdisciplinary collaboration between trainee cognitive behaviour therapists working in the NHS and group analysts/groupwork practitioners. It makes the case for building on the results of this study by developing a protocol fo…
On the Matrix, neuroscience and dialogue
The author poses a position statement that Foulkes underplayed the importance of emotions as an organizing principle in the mental life of groups, and indeed, paid very little attention to emotions in his published works. Evidence from the field of neuroscience is drawn upon to identify seven emotional neuro-chemical systems in the sub-cortical region of the brain. The fundamental emotions are: rage, fear, seeking, panic/grief, lust, care and pla…
Response to Neuroscience and the Social Unconscious by Claire Bacha
Response to Martin Seager and Uwe Thümmel’s ‘ “Chocolates and Flowers? You Must be Joking!” Of Men and Tenderness in Group Psychotherapy’
Matriculating the Matrix
Matriculation is referred to in the sense of entry to further education and plays with the subjunctive, `What if Foulkes had conceptualized the matrices as being structure of mind?' This article constructs a group-analytic psychical structure of the individual mind made up of the Personal, Dynamic and Social Matrices. Resonance between the matrices is then recognized as a source of psychic energy with sufficient power to lift the repression barri…
A Group Analytic Understanding of the Tour de France
This article recognizes that sports coaching uses predominantly cognitive-based psychological techniques to bring about success. On the whole a psychoanalytic application to sporting success is minimal. Athletic success at the highest level requires suffering beyond the ordinary limits we would expect individuals to endure. In my experience psychoanalysis de-contextualises suffering in sport so that it is seen as a form of self-harm. This positio…
Commentary on Siri Johns' and Sigmund Karterud's Article, ‘Guidelines for Art Therapy as Part of a Day Treatment Programme for Patients with Personality Disorders’, Group Analysis September 2004
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Commentary on Siri Johns' and Sigmund Karterud's Article, ‘Guidelines for Art Therapy as Part of a Day Treatment Programme for Patients with Personality Disorders’, Group Analysis September 2004
Matriculating the Matrix
Matriculation is referred to in the sense of entry to further education and plays with the subjunctive, `What if Foulkes had conceptualized the matrices as being structure of mind?' This article constructs a group-analytic psychical structure of the individual mind made up of the Personal, Dynamic and Social Matrices. Resonance between the matrices is then recognized as a source of psychic energy with sufficient power to lift the repression barri…
A Group Analytic Understanding of the Tour de France
This article recognizes that sports coaching uses predominantly cognitive-based psychological techniques to bring about success. On the whole a psychoanalytic application to sporting success is minimal. Athletic success at the highest level requires suffering beyond the ordinary limits we would expect individuals to endure. In my experience psychoanalysis de-contextualises suffering in sport so that it is seen as a form of self-harm. This positio…
Response to Martin Seager and Uwe Thümmel’s ‘ “Chocolates and Flowers? You Must be Joking!” Of Men and Tenderness in Group Psychotherapy’
Response to Neuroscience and the Social Unconscious by Claire Bacha
On the Matrix, neuroscience and dialogue
The author poses a position statement that Foulkes underplayed the importance of emotions as an organizing principle in the mental life of groups, and indeed, paid very little attention to emotions in his published works. Evidence from the field of neuroscience is drawn upon to identify seven emotional neuro-chemical systems in the sub-cortical region of the brain. The fundamental emotions are: rage, fear, seeking, panic/grief, lust, care and pla…
Report of a small feasibility study involving group analysts and groupwork practitioners in facilitating self-practice/self-reflection groups in the training of cognitive behaviour therapists
This article provides a narrative account of a small research study run with a grant from the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) Legacy Fund. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of engaging in research involving interdisciplinary collaboration between trainee cognitive behaviour therapists working in the NHS and group analysts/groupwork practitioners. It makes the case for building on the results of this study by developing a protocol fo…
Psychology (7 works) · Psychoanalysis (6 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)