The Anti-Group: Destructive Forces in the Group and their Creative Potential (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions) - Hardcover

Nitsun, Morris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415102103 ISBN 13: 9780415102100

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

The 'anti-group' is a major conceptual addition to the theory and practice of group psychotherapy. It comprises the negative, disruptive elements, which threaten to undermine and even destroy the group, but when contained, have the potential to mobilise the group's creative processes. Understanding the 'anti-group' gives therapists new perspectives on the nature of relationships and alternative strategies for managing destructive behaviour.

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About the Author

Morris Nitsun is a consultant psychologist for the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, a psychotherapist at the Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice, a training analyst at the Institute of Group Analysis and the convenor of the Diploma in Innovative Group Interventions at the Anna Freud Clinic. His books include The Group as an Object of Desire (Routledge, 2006) and Beyond the Anti-Group: Survival and transformation (Routledge, 2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415102103
• ISBN 13: 9780415102100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336