Exploring Perspectives Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Europe examines the theory, practice, research, and prospective developments of group analytic psychotherapy across European contexts. The volume brings together contributions from authors working in a range of European countries, offering an overview of current approaches within the field.
Individual chapters address the ways in which group analytic psychotherapy is practiced in culturally specific settings, with attention to the adaptation of the approach to local conditions and changing mental health demands. The book also considers the status of research within national clinical communities and outlines possible directions for further development.
The volume is intended for practitioners of group analytic psychotherapy, but also group psychotherapists and for those in training.
Editors
Anna Zajenkowska is an Associate Professor at VIZJA University in Warsaw, Poland. She is a trained group analyst, head of the Center for Personality Disorders at an outpatient clinic, and a supervisor applicant. She has served as a Board Member and as Head of the Group Section of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP), and is currently Head of the Polish Psychological Association.
Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and training group analyst at IGA-Norway. She combines clinical practice within the public health sector with psychotherapy research and teaching at the University of Oslo. She is also co-chairing a psychoanalytic training program for therapists in China and has served as a board member of the Group Section of EFPP.
Table of contents
1. Introduction: Examining the Contemporary Context of Group Analytic Psychotherapy: Factors Impacting Practice and Patient Care
Anna Zajenkowska and Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl
2. Ukraine – Group analysis in Ukraine: Development and Practice in a Time of War
Taras Levin and Iryna Frankova
3. UK – Why Are Group Analytic Psychotherapies Not More Prominent in Britain? A Discussion
Susanne Vesmer
4. Slovakia – Becoming a Group: The Slovak Path Toward Group Analysis
Daniela Březnová
5. Sweden – Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Sweden
Pia Litzell Berg, Paul Benér and Christer Sandahl
6. Russia – Group-analytic Psychotherapy in Russia: Assessment of the Current Situation and Prospects for Development
Darina Ilyanina, Nadezhda Valeryevna, Mitryashkina, Andrey Anatolyevich Sklizkov, Galina Stepanova, Maria Valeryevna Tvorogova, Anna Igorevna Tsapenko and Zoya Aleksandrovna Shargalina
7. Poland – Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Poland: Between Tradition, Cultural Tensions and Contemporary Research
Agnieszka Chrzczonowicz-Stępień, Katarzyna Czajkowska-Łukasiewicz, Rafał Styła, Tomasz Wyrzykowski and Anna Zajenkowska
8. Portugal – The Portuguese School of Groupanalysis: History, Development and Current Challenges
Margarida França and Isaura Manso Neto
9. Norway – Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Norway: Cultural Adaptation, Clinical Innovation and Practice, Research and National Integration
Thor Kristian Island, Ingalill Pagliettini Johnsen and Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl
10. Lithuania – Group Analysis in Lithuania: Historical Roots and Contemporary Practice
Ilona Laurinaitytė, Eugenijus Laurinaitis and Rūta Klimašauskienė
11. Greece – The State of Group Analysis in Greece Today
Apostolis Angelopoulos, Eirini Ioannovich and Margarita Kritikou
12. Germany – Group psychotherapy in Germany: An overview that includes historical and cultural aspects
Karina Nahr and Ulrich Schultz-Venrath
13. France – French perspectives: Psychoanalysis extended to groups, families and institutions
Édith Lecourt, Almudena Sanahuja, Lila Mitsopoulou-Sonta, Aurélie Maurin Souvignet and Clarisse Vollon
14. Former Yugoslavia – What Happened to Group Analysis in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia After Its Dissolution
Tanja Frančišković, Esmina Avdibegović, Dolores Britvić, Elvir Bećirović, Maja Brkić, Tija Despotović, Ivanka Dunjić, Milijana Niskanović, Vladislava Stamos and Ljiljana Moro
15. Finland – Group Analysis in Finland
Taru Kaivola
16. Social Applications of Group Analysis – Reflective Citizens Method
Marina Mojović
17. Modern Group Analysis
Sigmund Karterud
18. Integrative Approach to Research in Group Analytic Psychotherapy: A Narrative Survey
Steinar Lorentzen