Claudio Neri

Dieses Buch ist das Ergebnis von Claudio Neris jahrelanger psychoanalytischer Arbeit mit Gruppen und seiner intensiven Forschungen zu Gruppenprozessen. Er untersucht Gruppen allgemein als menschliche Daseinsform und beschreibt Konstitutionsbedingungen, Entstehungen und Verläufe von Gruppenprozessen sowie die Wirkungen, die Eigendynamiken von Gruppen entfalten können. Es ist sein Anliegen, Gruppenphänomene umfassend zu behandeln und kategorial zu erfassen. Zugleich liefert er wichtige Anregungen für die klinische Praxis. Seine Überlegungen bestechen durch die Vielzahl und Dichte seiner Thesen und die gründliche Kenntnis der Materie. Das in seiner Ausführlichkeit einzigartige Glossar mit den Definitionen der wichtigsten Termini macht dieses Buch zu einem unentbehrlichen Handbuch. ? Eines der großen Verdienste Neris besteht darin, dass er eine Reihe von Beweisen für den Reichtum menschlicher Interaktionen hervorholt, die dem Wort vorausgehen und ihm folgen, ohne dass sie von der Sprache selbst vermittelt werden können.? Aus dem Vorwort von Parthenope Bion Talamo

Dreams told in the group are conjoint individual and group creations. They are both influenced by the group atmosphere and may in turn influence it and the individual, promoting change and development. Dreams have a deepening effect on therapeutic work and, due to their unconscious content, they may represent the most authentic exchange between individual and group. This state-of-the-art book provides help for therapists encountering a dream told in their group. It covers the major theoretical perspectives for their understanding, as well as representing different psychological schools and their approaches to the technical issues of group dream therapy. Despite the variety of sources, the clinical approaches described complement each other, and the book details many case studies, including a first dream in the group, an unconscious meeting between women and men, and other polarities within the individual and the group.

Martin Ringer outlines techniques for understanding groups that should be relevant to those who lead teams in any setting. The result is a guide to both leading a group, and to understanding the necessary dynamics that should result in the best teamwork.

`This is an extremely interesting book which succeeds in combining erudition with great clarity, respect of tradition with a refreshing search for new perspectives... It is also a book which sums up the work carried out in Italy and in France and often ignored by the Anglo-Saxon group analyst. In line with such work it links Freud, Bion and Foulkes within a group perspective.'- from the foreword by Malcolm PinesGroup explores the processes that take place within groups from a psychoanalytical perspective. Combining his own original concepts with a critique of established theories, Claudio Neri describes how groups are formed and develop, and analyses what non-verbal or extra-verbal phenomena are present in human communication, and how they occur in practice. The author uses examples from various art forms from around the world to show the universality of such human communication. Although it deals with difficult new ideas, the book contains user-friendly inserts within the text to explain particular concepts as they arise for those unfamiliar with the subject. A substantial glossary also provides explanation of the many complex terms used thoroughout the book.