It’s All About ‘Me’

On the Group Leader’s Psychology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14775331
AutoresRichard M Billow (0000-0003-2510-7691, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen44
Número3
Páginas296-314
Fecha de publicación2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0533316411404525
OpenAlexW2074122156
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas23

The therapist’s subjectivity—the complex of personality, character, feelings, thoughts, fantasies, many of which remain out of awareness—affect how we comport ourselves, how we relate to our groups, and how they relate to us. The dynamic factor involving the group leader’s psychology—the ‘me’—is always prominent and influential, and often apparent to group members, although not always articulated consciously or publicly. Using myself as a clinical example, I illustrate how unresolved Oedipal and sibling dynamics were involved in my perceptions, theory, and technique—perhaps in every micro-action and interaction that comprised a group experience

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