Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy: Pathways to Resolution

Front cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Section I: Boundary Issues......Page 24
Creating the Group Envelope......Page 26
Sizing Up the Group......Page 36
Show Me the Money......Page 44
All for One and One for Some?......Page 52
Section II: Difficult Patients......Page 62
Treating Difficult Patients in Groups......Page 64
Angry Angela and Controlling Connie......Page 74
All About Adam......Page 80
Getting Our Affairs in Order......Page 88
Section III: Compelx Defenses......Page 96
Unraveling Projective Identification and Enactment......Page 98
Axis II Had Me Spinning......Page 110
Will the Real Expert Please Stand Up?......Page 120
Serial Scapegoating......Page 128
Section IV: Destructive Forces......Page 136
Destructive Forces in Group Therapy......Page 138
Cuckoo Interrupted......Page 150
Does Anyone Want Group?......Page 158
A Sinking Depression......Page 166
Section V: Powerful Therapist Reactions......Page 176
Containing and Using Powerful Therapist Reactions......Page 178
Legally Incompetent?......Page 190
Fear and Loathing......Page 200
Tolerating the Intolerable......Page 208
Section VI: Self-Disclosure......Page 216
How Far Should I Go?......Page 218
Breaking Up the Family or the Fantasy?......Page 228
If I Did It, Why Can’t You?......Page 236
Sharing at the Exit......Page 244
Section VII: Time-Limited Groups......Page 252
Working with the Clock Ticking......Page 254
Stand by Your Stance......Page 266
Manage My Stress......Page 272
Containing Contagion......Page 280
The Challenge of the Group Psychotherapist......Page 288
Author Index......Page 294
Subject Index......Page 300
Back cover......Page 314