title: On inveiglement.
abstract: Inveiglement is a mode of interpersonal influence and control that has particular relevance to group, organizational, and political life. In inveiglement, a person or group is diverted from knowing, believing, or thinking about an idea or a perception that exists mentally, or that could be generated. In the former situation, inveiglement may be conceived of as induced dissociation; in the latter, an impingement on the capacity to think and generate thoughts. In both situations, the individual or group becomes mentally bound by the parameters imposed by the other, constricting freedom to think and behave independently. I describe four subtypes: toxic, neurotic, communal, and presentational inveiglement, and provide clinical illustrations from group psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Adelphi Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, Derner Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA. rmbillow@gmail.com
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Billow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*