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- Title
Lebensstil und persönliche Positionierung in der Gruppenanalyse / (»Style of life« [Adler] and the individual positioning in group analysis).
- Authors
Langner, Daina
- Abstract
»Style of life« (Adler) and the individual positioning in group analysis This paper is about the application of Adler's concept of »style of life« in group analysis. Adler's »style of life« is collected during the initial individual assessment. When the group conductor listens to the adult recalling the first five memories of life, the conductor is listening to the unconscious material, to get a glimpse of the child's internal world and reactions to the external world. The life-style script can be used as a tool post-group to understand pivotal moment in the group from an individual perspective. During the group session itself, the group conductor needs a different focus: a group-related thinking. This is because in group analysis, especially according to S. H. Foulkes, the focus is on what is happening in the group as a whole. The group conductor must always ask herself the question: Which unconscious fantasy is currently being enacted and negotiated in the group? Which group member or which subgroup gets which function or role (localization)? Who can recognize themselves in whom in the group right now (mirroring) and when does healing and calming take place (resonance)? Special moments between members with a witnessing by the whole group. Resonances which greatly intensify the affects in the group, the group acts as a sounding body, thus making group analytic psychotherapy so effective. The combination of Foulkes' (group action) and Adler's (individual movement) approach can be applied across other disciplines in non-clinical groups because both the concept formation and the language are non-pathologizing. Non-pathologizing language seems to me to be so valuable as it gives me as a therapist a new lens to understand and hear the life realities of group members especially those from marginalized groups in Society. This has been an important piece of learning for me as I acknowledge my own privileged position in Society.
- Subjects
GROUP psychotherapy; CONDUCTORS (Musicians); GROUP rights; LIFESTYLES; RESONANCE; ADULTS
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie, 2024, Vol 49, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0342-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/zind.2024.49.1.7