A Psychotherapy Group as a Sociopolitical Context

The Case of the `Silent Majority

Bibliographic Data

ID14775558
AuthorsMark F Ettin (corresponding author), Mark Ettin (East Brunswick and Princeton, New Jersey)
Year2001
Volume34
Issue1
Pages39-54
Publication date2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/05333160122077703
OpenAlexW2113345951
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Group psychotherapy can be conceived as a sociopolitical context, wherein participants (as citizens) struggle to balance personal needs and rights against the collective requirements of the group to which they belong. Potential conflicts arise between: (1) a member's right to privacy and the group's need to know about its members; and (2) the will of the majority and the protection of the minority. Psychotherapeutic groups also face constituency problems that arise from inequality of opportunity, skills or feelings of self-worth that affect what members give and get. This article explores the relationship between individual and group needs, membership and leadership, and the evolution of an enabling group culture in the case of the `silent majority

Affect (linguistics · Balance (ability · Collective identity · Context (archaeology · Face (sociological concept · Feeling · Group (periodic table · Group psychotherapy · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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