Group therapeutic associations

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The group psychotherapy and their representatives in the International Association for Group Psychotherapy organized (IAGP) and their national organizations.

Literature, web links and references to the individual institutions and associations can be found in the corresponding article.

history

Two rival pioneers of group psychotherapy - the psychodramatist Jakob L. Moreno and the group analyst Samuel Slavson - recognized the importance of exchange and cross-school cooperation. In the 1940s they initiated the two American associations - which still exist today - and the International Association for Group Psychotherapy . When it was originally planned to be born at the Second Group Therapy Congress in Zurich in August 1957, there actually were fights between Jakob L. Moreno and Samuel Slavson . The IAGP was therefore not formally established until sixteen years later - at the Fifth Congress in 1973, again in Zurich.

Worldwide

International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP)
The IAGP is the global umbrella organization for group therapists and group experts who work in other professional fields (e.g. counseling, education, etc.). The president's name is Jörg Burmeister . The organization was founded in Toronto in 1954 and registered under Swiss law in 1973. The aim of the association is to promote group psychotherapy and the professional application of groups in other contexts in theory and practice, training, research and counseling. There are currently representatives from 23 countries working in functions. Internally, the IAGP is divided into five sections: family therapy, group analysis, psychodrama, organizational advice and transcultural work. In addition to an international congress, which takes place approximately every three years, regional congresses, e.g. B. held in Japan, Spain or Brazil as well as a training academy in Granada
World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP)
Founded in 1995 in the WCP, the above-mentioned group therapy directions are also represented. The WCP organizes an international congress every three years.

Europe

European Group Analytic Training Institutions Network (EGATIN)
The EGATIN is the network of those European organizations that offer training in group analysis . EGATIN tries to promote scientific and cultural exchange in this area on a non-profit basis. At the same time, ensuring the highest possible training standards is a core goal of the organization.
European Association for Transcultural Group Analysis (EATGA)
EATGA was founded in 1986 to research the cultural foundations of groups and to promote intercultural exchange between group and psychotherapists.
European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP)
The EFPP is the European umbrella organization for psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the public sector. It is divided into three sections: individual therapy for adults, child and youth therapy, and group analysis.
Group Analytic Society (GAS)
GAS (German: Society for Group Analysis), based in London, was founded in 1952 by, among others, SH Foulkes , Jane Abercrombie , James Anthony , Patrick DeMare , Norbert Elias and was intended to research the development of group analysis in both clinical and outpatient settings and promote. The GAS organizes an international congress every three years in a different European metropolis, in 2008 in Dublin and in 2011 in London .
International Working Group for Group Analysis (IAG)
The IAG, based in Bonn, was founded by the psychoanalysts Michael Hayne (Königswinter), Alice Ricciardi (Rome) and Josef Shaked (Vienna). All three are or were members of the Group Analytic Society in London. Every year training and further education courses are held in Altaussee , including a. with speakers from Great Britain , Iran , Israel and Norway .
European Association for Psychotherapy
The EAP is based in Vienna. The president is Mony Elkaim , the general secretary is Alfred Pritz . The EAP represents 128 organizations from 41 countries with more than 120,000 psychotherapists, including numerous group therapists.

Germany

Austria

  • Austrian Working Group for Group Therapy and Group Dynamics (ÖAGG)
  • Austrian Society for Group Dynamics and Organizational Consulting (ÖGGO)

Switzerland

  • the Swiss Society for Group Psychology and Group Dynamics, SGGG , was dissolved in 1992 or transferred
    to the Swiss Society for Group Dynamics, SGGD , and dissolved completely in 2000.

United States

Methods

The methods of group psychotherapy are diverse. The following psychotherapeutic methods or orientations work mainly and preferably with groups, all of which are represented in the IAGP, but have also formed independent association structures:

Magazines and internet publications

In English

The Group Analytic Contexts newsletter is the direct successor to the Group Analysis International Panel and Correspondence (GAIPAC), which has been published by the Group Analytic Society (GAS) since 1967 under the direction of SH Foulkes . GAS also publishes the magazine Group Analysis through the publishing house Sage .

In German language
  • Group analysis workbooks
  • Feedback
  • gruppenanalyse, magazine for group analytical psychotherapy
  • Group dynamics and organizational advice. Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Group psychotherapy and group dynamics
  • Austrian yearbook for group analysis
  • Psychosocial

Web links