Looking beyond ‘couple’
Exploring the relationship between co-conductors facilitating experiential groups for psychodynamic psychotherapy students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12737422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Dudley (0000-0002-2106-3014, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author), Mike Caton |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-48 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychosocial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-6737 • E-ISSN: 1478-6737 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/147867321x16763228347967 |
| OpenAlex | W4327694575 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The authors, whose trainings include as group analytic psychotherapists, use the theoretical framework of group analysis to facilitate experiential small and median groups for students on trainings in individual psychodynamic psychotherapy. Even though in group analytic practice it would usually be a definite no, the authors found themselves debating whether members who revealed they were a couple in the past could in fact be together in a group. This discussion prompted the authors to reflect closely on their co-facilitator relationship, causing them to consider what they understood by ‘couple’. It offered up an opportunity (previously unconscious) to explore the binary fixing of conductors as male/female and heterosexual, and whether such fixing may be a defence by the group, including the group conductors, against allowing and exploring a more fluid, nuanced exploration of gender and sexuality. The authors propose that instead of small experiential groups, co-conducted median groups may offer a richer opportunity for such exploration
Countertransference · Experiential learning · Facilitator · Pedagogy · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamic psychotherapy · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Unconscious mind · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Psychology · Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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