What Happens in Groups: Psychoanalysis, the Individual and the Community

Group processes are often surprising, bewildering,impenetrable. The author works systematically through the psychoanalytic concepts which bear on what happens in groups. His examples are drawn from many years of experience in therapeutic communities, but are relevant to any sort of group. Author of the highly-praised Dictionary of Kleinian Thought, Hinshelwood draws on the ideas of Jacques, Bion and Menzies Lyth.

'A joy to read...it should be read by all those interested in small-group psychotherapy, milieu treatment and organizational dynamics.' International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

'Every psychotherapist should study this book.' British Journal of Psychotherapy

'There may be many contexts, whether social work, educational or political, which would junction more significantly and effectively with the aid of the analysis reviewed here.' British Journal of Social Work

'This is a long overdue explanation of the processes and influences which can govern, and in many cases predict, the way in which groups of individuals interact.' Community Care