The Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis: The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies: Volu [Hardcover]

The Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis explores the social unconscious in persons, groups and societies in terms of the un-acknowledged restraints and constraints of our social and cultural groupings.

In this context, Earl Hopper and an international team of contributors elucidate the theory and concept of the tripartite matrix as a tool for the deeper understanding of the human condition and for clinical work in various settings. They consider topics ranging from envy to intersectionality, and from addiction to the inability to mourn.

The Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis will be of great interest to group analysts, psychoanalytical group therapists, psychoanalysts and psycho-dramatists, as well as to social scientists more generally. Its extensive bibliography will be of particular value to students.

The Tripartite Matrix in the Developing Theory and Expanding Practice of Group Analysis explores the social unconscious in persons, groups and societies in terms of the un-acknowledged restraints and constraints of our social and cultural groupings.

This book provides multidimensional connections between group analysis, psychoanalysis, social studies and anthropology. The application of the concept of the tripartite matrix in group analysis is highly relevant to our attempts to understand the complexities of our time. The transcultural clinical examples help the reader to build an encompassing perspective of group work and its social psychodynamics. This new collection of chapters will be useful and stimulating for anyone interested in how groups work, and how they can be used in order to enhance processes of therapy for the members of them. - Domenico Agresta, Clinical and Community Psychologist, Psychotherapl³®