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Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy
Robert S. Pepper
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Description for Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy
Hardback. Altering the frame of group treatment always has consequences. Blurring the boundary of what constitutes therapy can produce iatrogenic treatment reactions among vulnerable group members. How members know each other, what they know about each other, and what they know about the leader have a profound impact on the course and outcome of treatment. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy: A Conspiracy of Silence is unique in the field of analytic group psychotherapy. Many books assume that the frame of therapy, the boundary between what is and isn’t therapy, is a given. This book treats the frame as a variable, showing that alterations to the frame have consequences. A moral dilemma exists when leaders choose to operate outside the ethics and wisdom of the field. The spoken directive to "say everything" is obviated by the unspoken directive not to, and hence a conspiracy of silence is created. There is potential for iatrogenic treatment ... Read more
Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy: A Conspiracy of Silence is unique in the field of analytic group psychotherapy. Many books assume that the frame of therapy, the boundary between what is and isn’t therapy, is a given. This book treats the frame as a variable, showing that alterations to the frame have consequences. A moral dilemma exists when leaders choose to operate outside the ethics and wisdom of the field. The spoken directive to "say everything" is obviated by the unspoken directive not to, and hence a conspiracy of silence is created. There is potential for iatrogenic treatment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442244016
SKU
V9781442244016
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About Robert S. Pepper
Robert S. Pepper, PhD, is director of education and training of the Long Island Institute for Mental Health, and adjunct professor of behavioral science at the Metro Campus of the New York Institute of Technology.
Reviews for Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy
Dr. Robert Pepper has shown courage and provided an important service to the field of analytic group psychotherapy....The passion with which Pepper writes reflects his personal as well as his professional motives...A refreshing honesty pervades Pepper's personal quest to unravel how frame alterations and dual relations cause harm....I recommend this book to neophyte and senior leaders alike.
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