TY - BOOK AU - Billow,Richard M. TI - Relational group psychotherapy: from basic assumptions to passion T2 - International library of group analysis SN - 1417501855 AV - RC488 .B475 2003eb U1 - 616.89/152 22 PY - 2003/// CY - London, New York PB - J. Kingsley Publishers KW - Bion, Wilfred R. KW - Bion, Wilfred R KW - Group psychotherapy KW - Group psychoanalysis KW - Psychotherapy, Group KW - Psychoanalytic Therapy KW - methods KW - Psychothérapie de groupe KW - Psychanalyse de groupe KW - Social, Group Or Collective Psychology KW - bicssc KW - Psychotherapy KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Group KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Psychoanalytische Gruppentherapie KW - gnd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-248) and indexes; Relational Group Psychotherapy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Preface: Plan of the Book; Chapter 1 The Authority of the Group Therapist's Psychology; Chapter 2 The Therapist's Anxiety and Resistance to Group; Chapter 3 The Basic Conflict: To Think or Anti-think -- Applying Bion's Theory of Thinking in the Group Context; Chapter 4 Entitled Thinking, Dream Thinking, and Group Process; Chapter 5 Containing and Thinking -- The Three Relational Levels of the Container-Contained; Chapter 6 Containing the Adolescent Group; Chapter 7 Bonding in Group -- The Therapist's Contribution N2 - Integrating cutting-edge relational theory with technique, this volume reveals the deeply personal nature of the intersubjective process of group therapy as it affects the group therapist and other group members. By locating the group therapist's experience in the centre of the action, Richard M. Billow moves away from traditional approaches in group psychotherapy. Instead, he places emphasis on the effect of the therapist's own evolving psychology on what occurs and what does not occur in group psychotherapy. Building on Bion's early theory of group and his later formulations regarding the st UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=105423 ER -