Psihoterapija, Vol. 37 No. 1-2, 2023.
Case report, case study
https://doi.org/10.24869/psihei.2023.168
GROUP AFTER EXCLUSION OF A SUICIDAL MEMBER OR WHAT IS HIDDEN IN THE RUG
Silvija Topić Lukačević
; “Sveti Ivan” Psychiatric Clinic ,Jankomir 11, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Iva Nemčić Moro
; private practice, Zagreb
Abstract
Group analysis (or group analytic psychotherapy) is a group psychotherapy technique.
For group members, successful treatment in a group is also connected with the therapist’s
preparatory tasks relating to group development, which primarily refers to the selection of
group members and their preparation. The development of a group can be viewed through
various stages of group development. Each subsequent stage of group development is shaped
and built upon the successfully mastered previous stage. Early developmental failures will,
therefore, become visible through further group existence and group dynamics. The purpose
of this paper is to present the course of a group process and events in the group in relation to
the exclusion of a suicidal member. The first part of the presentation refers to the exclusion
of the member, while the second part includes a later group period when consequences
referring to the slow dethronement of the conductor and the slow working of the negative
part of transference are still present, in addition to the development of the scapegoat phenomenon.
The dethronement of the conductor, the working of the aggressive/negative part
of transference and finding of a scapegoat are characteristics of the second phase of group
development, which in this case was prolonged.
Keywords
psychotherapy; group analysis; suicidality; dethronement; scapegoat; negative transference
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Publication date:
11.1.2024.
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