Resonance and Reciprocity: Selected Papers by Dennis Brown

by Maratos; Jason

• ISBN13: 9780415380775
• ISBN10: 0415380774
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection of papers, published between 1976 and 2003, traces the innovative connections which the eminent group analyst Dennis Brown made between medicine and psychoanalysis. They reveal his important insights into how the principles of group analysis can improve our understanding of philosophy and ethics, and trace the development of trans-cultural dimensions of group analysis. Beginning with Dennis's early work in dermatology, the first section ofResonance and Reciprocityprovides a fascinating overview of the insights gained into psychosomatic conditions through the application of psychoanalysis and group analysis. The second section builds on the tenet of group analysis that therapy should change the therapist as well as the client, addressing the changes that can take place in the therapeutic milieu, both in client and provider. The chapter on drowsiness, a modern classic, provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the emotional and physical changes that the therapistexperiences during analysis, and its wider implications for our appreciation of how changes in mental and physical states are affected by a person's emotional world. The final section reveals how Dennis Brown extended his interest and his activities beyond the individual, the small and the large group, and studied groups within and across cultures. This book provides not only a solid understanding of complex analytical notions but also opens the road for future development. It will appeal to students and professionals in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and group psychotherapy.

Author Biography

Dennis Brown was founder member of the International Library of Group Psychotheray. He was an important contributor in the development of psychotherapy services in the Health Services.

Table of Contents

Editor's introduction	vii
Foreword	ix
PROFESSOR ANTHONY W. BATEMAN
Author's introduction and autobiographical notes	xv
Acknowledgements	xix
PART 1 Psychosomatics: Introductory comments	1	(34)
1 Listening to eczema: deductions and predictions	3	(12)
2 The psychosoma and the group	15	(13)
3 The Royal Road to the Mysterious Leap: the psychosoma and the analytic process	28	(7)
PART 2 Psychoanalysis and group analysis	35	(96)
4 Drowsiness in the countertransference	37	(17)
5 Assessment and selection for groups	54	(17)
6 Text, context and texture: free speech in the service of health and healing	71	(11)
7 Dialogue for change	82	(10)
8 Confrontation in the group-analytic matrix: toward a classification	92	(8)
9 Change in the group-analytic setting	100	(7)
10 Self development through subjective interaction: a fresh look at 'ego training in action'	107	(17)
11 Fair shares and mutual concern: the role of sibling relationships	124	(7)
PART 3 Transculturality and metapsychology	131	(101)
12 Context, content and process: interrelationships between small and large groups in a transcultural workshop	133	(10)
13 Views of Maastricht and Heidelberg: some questions arising from two transcultural workshops seen by observers with different roles	143	(8)
14 Use and abuse of cultural differences: analysis and ethics in transcultural workshop settings	151	(7)
15 Group analysis, transculturality and ethics	158	(9)
16 Foulkes's Basic Law of Group Dynamics 50 years on: abnormality, injustice and the renewal of ethics	167	(20)
17 Pairing Bion and Foulkes: towards a metapsychosociology?	187	(21)
18 Bion and Foulkes: basic assumptions and beyond	208	(24)
References	232	(19)
Index	251