Centre for Group Studies
Encyclopedia
The Center for Group Studies was founded in 1989 to provide group leadership for professionals in the fields of mental health
, business
, education
, religion
and the arts
. The programs are designed around the principles and techniques of Louis Ormont
, Ph.D., an international leader in modern analytic group therapy.
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
, business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
and the arts
The arts
The arts are a vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. It is a broader term than "art", which as a description of a field usually means only the visual arts. The arts encompass visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts – music, theatre, dance and...
. The programs are designed around the principles and techniques of Louis Ormont
Louis Ormont
Dr. Louis Ormont, one of the earliest practitioners of group psychotherapy based on a psychoanalytic model, died on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. During his long career, Dr. Ormont was passionate about developing, practicing, teaching, and speaking and writing about Group Therapy...
, Ph.D., an international leader in modern analytic group therapy.