Glimpses of a Cassel Hospital outpatient group.
The following is a selective account of the experience of conducting a weekly out-patient analytic group at the Cassel Hospital, London. Certain features of this experience are highlighted: in particular, the significance and value of a male and female co-therapy pair as conductors. Attention is drawn to the fundamentally reparative potential for damaged individuals in group psychotherapy. Such an experience may be valuable, especially in terms of it facilitating a greater degree of personality integration. Certain suggestions are made as to the prerequisites for such a psychotherapeutic approach. The observations may be useful in the provision of psychotherapy services in the Australian health care system.
D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D011616:Psychotherapy, Multiple; D012934:Social Isolation; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D016896:Treatment Outcome