Group Analytic Society
The Group Analytic Society was founded in 1952 by SH Foulkes , Jane Abercrombie , James Anthony , Patrick DeMare , Norbert Elias , the Hon. WHR Iliffe and ET Marx as a non-profit association promoting the development of group analysis in both clinical , as well as in the outpatient area should research and promote. The first regular seminars were held by Foulkes himself as early as 1952. Members of the society came from different countries and different disciplines, such as psychology , sociology , medicine , nursing , social work , counseling, education , economics, architecture, anthropology and theology .
The company is not for profit and not for profit. It regularly organizes scientific conferences, workshops and a conference every three years in a European metropolis. The highlight of the company's activities is the Annual SH Foulkes Lecture , given by an eminent group analyst in London. Such a keynote speech has been organized annually in London for a wider audience since 1977 and then published in Group Analysis magazine . Robi Friedman (Israel) currently serves as President . His predecessor was Gerda Winter from Denmark from 2005 to 2011 .
Michael Hayne , Alice Ricciardi and Josef Shaked , all members of the Group Analysis Society , set up a biannual self-awareness and advanced training workshop in Altaussee in 1976 . This is being organized today by the International Working Group on Group Analysis .
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After the Second World War, and after treatment attempts on soldiers in therapeutic groups at Northfield Hospital near Birmingham, a group of colleagues met regularly at Foulkes to deepen their understanding of group therapy and to discuss its applications.
“The small group of friends and interested parties that met in our home every week ... they were indeed the pioneers of the Group Analytic Society . The same group, expanded to include international visitors ( Slavson was one of them), also functioned as an official group at the International Congress of Mental Health , held in London in 1948. That was the hour of birth of the World Federation of Mental Health . "
In 1971, leading members of the society founded the Institute of Group Analysis , which is generally responsible for training, including a special qualification, which is now a prerequisite for membership in the institute. Courses are offered in various centers in Great Britain, including continental Europe, but always in close coordination with the London Institute. The Society for Group Analysis publishes the magazine Group Analysis , published by Sage. Foulkes himself was the first editor until 1975, when he handed over this role to his co-founder, Patrick de Maré. In the days of Foulkes and de Maré, it was a thoroughly casual and cool publication, with many correspondents. Today, however, the magazine has a strictly academic appearance.
The Group Analytic Contexts newsletter is the direct successor to the Group Analysis International Panel and Correspondence (GAIPAC), which was also published by Foulkes in 1967 in order to build up an international network. This newsletter eventually became the official organ of the society, after Foulkes' death his widow Elizabeth Foulkes took over the function of the editor. Today communication is increasingly taking place electronically. In addition, the society offers its members a range of networking opportunities, contact persons in numerous countries and a library. Scientific meetings, numerous workshops and an annual spring meeting are held in London, and an international conference every three years. The society cooperates with the European Association for Transcultural Group Analysis (EATGA), the International Association of Group Psychotherapy (IAGP) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA).
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- ↑ Ben Thomas, Sally Hardy, Penny Cutting (Eds.): Stuart and Sundeen's Mental Health Nursing. Principles and Practice . Mosby, London 1997, ISBN 0-7234-2590-6 ( online ).
- ↑ Malcolm Pines (Ed.): The Evolution of Group Analysis (= International Library of Group Analysis. Vol. 16). Jessica Kingsley, London et al. 2000, ISBN 1-85302-925-4 .