Being and Belonging: Group, Intergroup and Gestalt (Wiley Series in Psychotherapy & Counselling) [Paperback]

Gaie Houston (Author)

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Publication Date: August 23, 1993 | Series: Wiley Series in Psychotherapy & Counselling

The ways in which people struggle to establish a sense of belonging and connectedness, yet also need to preserve their individuality and separateness, has long fascinated psychologists, therapists and group-workers. This treatise brings new insights to this fundamental issue and examines the ways in which different theoretical interpretations of group processes may be integrated. The author provides an account of the ways in which the issue of relatedness is explored during a fictional residential group experience. The participants talk for themselves but also represent a range of theoretical perspectives. By means of this dialogue, and the author's commentary, the reader is guided through a series of issues involved in group participation.

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An absorbing account of the ways in which the concept of relatedness is explored during a fictional residential group experience. Participants talk for themselves, representing a range of theoretical viewpoints. Through use of this moving dialogue, readers are guided through a series of crucial issues providing emotional and theoretical insight into the enmeshed processes of intimacy and power systems. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Being and Belonging Group, Intergroup and Gestalt Gaie Houston The ways in which people struggle to establish a sense of belonging; and their need to preserve their individuality, has long fascinated psychologists, therapists and group-workers. Over-valuing separateness may be at least as damaging as abandoning personal judgment to the dictates of the group. We all belong; yet many people are far less skilled at recognising and managing themselves as group members than at behaving as isolates. This highly original book brings new insights to this fundamental issue and examines the ways in which different theoretical interpretations of group processes may be integrated. The author gives an account of how the reality of belonging is dealt with during a residential group experience. The fictional participants talk for themselves but, at the same time, they also represent a range of theoretical perspectives. By means of this compelling dialogue, and commentary, the reader is guided through a series of crucial issues in the struggle to understand what happens when people attend to their experience in and between groups. This book is both a powerful drama and a handbook for all those working with groups as counsellors, therapists and facilitators. This book appears in The Wiley Series in Psychotherapy and Counselling Series Editors: Franz Epting, University of Florida, USA, Bonnie Strickland, University of Massachusetts, USA. and John Allen, University of Brighton, UK --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (August 23, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471940011
• ISBN-13: 978-0471940012
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,290,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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