Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses

Victor Schermer has worked as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for over 25 years, working in the fields of mental health and substance abuse. His deep interest in spirituality has led him to study yoga and meditation; he has also served on the board of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychological Healing in Philadelphia for over 10 years. Victor Schermer has worked as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for over 25 years, working in the fields of mental health and substance abuse. His deep interest in spirituality has led him to study yoga and meditation; he has also served on the board of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychological Healing in Philadelphia for over 10 years.

Part 1 Background and theory: introduction, Malcolm Pines, Victor L. Schermer; psychosis from a group perspective, Marvin Skolnick; splitting and disavowal in group psychotherapy of psychosis, Nicolas Caparros; biography of psychosis - individuals, groups and institutions, Salomon Resnick. Part 2 Technical aspects of group psychotherapy: group therapy with schizophrenic and bipolar patients -integrative approaches, Nick Kanas; the therapist's role in the group treatment of psychotic inpatients and outpatients - a Foulkesian perspective, Ivan Urlic; resistance, empathy and interpretation with psychotic patients, Stanley Schneider; the group as therapist for psychotic and borderline personalities, Rachel Chazan; supportive-expressive group psychotherapy with chronic mental illness, including psychosis, Tetsuro Takahashi et al; psychodynamic group psychotherapy with chronically mentally ill women, Lawrence L. Kennedy et al; clinical interventions in group psychotherapy, Raman Kapur. Part 3 Supervision and countertransference: supervision of group psychotherapy with chronic psychotic patients, Eugene Della Badia; psychotherapy training for nurses as part of a group psychotherapy project - the pivotal role of countertransference, Dianne Lefevre. Part 4 Adjunctive treatment, setting and context: role of assessment and pharmacotherapy in group psychotherapy for psychosis, Alan Gruenberg; the therapeutic community and schizophrenia, Geoffrey Pullen; confusions in a therapeutic milieu, Joseph H. Berke; voluntary work in the area of mental health - the voluntary worker's role in a therapeutic centre in Florence, Gianni Di Norscia, Walter Romeo.