Group Analytic Society
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The Group-Analytic Society (London) was founded in 1952 by S. H. Foulkes
, Jane Abercrombie and Norbert Elias as a learned society to study and promote the development of Group Analysis
in both its clinical and applied aspects. The first regular weekly seminars were given by Foulkes in 1952. Members of the Society come from different countries and from many fields and disciplines, including psychology, sociology, medicine, nursing, social work, counselling, education, industry, architecture, anthropology and theology.
The following individuals were Founder Members: Dr. James Anthony, Dr Patrick De Mare
, the Hon. W. H. R. Iliffe and S. H. Foulkes. They were joined from the beginning by Mrs M. L. J. Abercrombie
, Dr Norbert Elias
and Miss E. T. Marx. The Society, which has charitable status
and is a learned society
and non-profit organization
, has been holding regular scientific meetings and organizes various workshops, including an annual one in January. A triennial European symposium
is held at various European locations. An annual S. H. Foulkes lecture for a wider public has been held in London since 1977; the lectures are published in the journal Group Analysis.
near Birmingham, a circle of colleagues interested in furthering their understanding of groups and how to apply group psychotherapy
met regularly with Foulkes.
In 1971, leading members of the Society set up the Institute of Group Analysis
, which became responsible for training, including an intensive qualifying course that leads to membership of the Institute. Training activities now take place at various British centres as well as on the Continent of Europe, with strong informal links with the London Institute.
The Society publishes a journal, Group Analysis, published by Sage. Foulkes was the first editor, and he continued to devote much energy to it until 1975, when he handed over the editorial role to an old colleague and co-founder of the Group-Analytic Society, Patrick de Maré. Under Foulkes and de Maré it remained a very informal publication, with a large correspondence section. It has since developed into a more formal academic publication.
A newsletter, Group Analytic Contexts, is directly descended from "Group Analysis International Panel and Correspondence" (GAIPAC) that was first edited by Foulkes in 1967 in order to establish dialogue between a wide international network. It then became the Bulletin of the Group Analytic Society and was edited by Elizabeth Foulkes, the widow of S. H. Foulkes, after his death. She passed on the editorship to Dr. Ronald A. Sandison
in 1988. In 1993 Anne Harrow and Sheila Thomson took over the editorship of the society newsletter, now called Group Analytic Contexts. The newsletter provides a forum for shorter and more informal communications between Group Analytic Society members from across the world and is increasingly integrated with the closed e-mail Forum for Society members. Contexts reports on the activities of GAS and the work and opinions of members.
The Society works through a number of sub-committees and provides:
· The Journal: Group Analysis, containing papers, book reviews and international correspondence.
· The International Newsletter: Contexts, with news, reports and correspondence.
· An International Directory of Members: with a contact person for each country.
· A List of Members’ Publications Worldwide
· Library Facilities
· Scientific Meetings: held in London.
· The Annual Winter Workshop and Summer Workshop: a four to five day international event.
· The Annual S.H. Foulkes Lecture
· Spring Weekend Meeting – Study Day
· International Activities: a symposium and workshop every three years.
· Affiliation to EGATIN, to the European Association for Transcultural Group Analysis, to the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and to the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
· A variety of Workshops
S. H. Foulkes
Siegfried Heinrich Foulkes , born Siegfried Heinrich Fuchs in Karlsruhe, Germany, was the founder of Group Analysis, a specific form of group therapy, and the Group Analytic Society, London, which has an international membership in many countries....
, Jane Abercrombie and Norbert Elias as a learned society to study and promote the development of Group Analysis
Group Analysis
Group analysis is a method of group psychotherapy originated by S. H. Foulkes in the 1940s. Group work was perhaps born of the need to deal economically and efficiently with a large body of returning soldiers with shared problems, but it soon developed into a much broader form in which individuals...
in both its clinical and applied aspects. The first regular weekly seminars were given by Foulkes in 1952. Members of the Society come from different countries and from many fields and disciplines, including psychology, sociology, medicine, nursing, social work, counselling, education, industry, architecture, anthropology and theology.
The following individuals were Founder Members: Dr. James Anthony, Dr Patrick De Mare
Patrick De Mare
Dr Patrick Baltzar de Maré was a consultant psychotherapist with a special interest in group psychotherapy. He has published several works on psychotherapy....
, the Hon. W. H. R. Iliffe and S. H. Foulkes. They were joined from the beginning by Mrs M. L. J. Abercrombie
M. L. J. Abercrombie
M. L. J. "Jane" Abercrombie was a British psychologist who contributed to the theory and practice of education through her teaching, research, lecturing and writing...
, Dr Norbert Elias
Norbert Elias
Norbert Elias was a German sociologist of Jewish descent, who later became a British citizen.-Biography:...
and Miss E. T. Marx. The Society, which has charitable status
Foundation (charity)
A foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations that will typically either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the source of funding for its own charitable purposes....
and is a learned society
Learned society
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and non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, has been holding regular scientific meetings and organizes various workshops, including an annual one in January. A triennial European symposium
Symposium
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a drinking party. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara...
is held at various European locations. An annual S. H. Foulkes lecture for a wider public has been held in London since 1977; the lectures are published in the journal Group Analysis.
Background
After the Second World War, and after the experiments in treating soldiers by group methods at Northfield HospitalNorthfield Hospital
The Northfield Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located at Tessal Lane, Northfield near Birmingham, England, and is famous primarily for the work on group psychotherapy that took place there in the years of the Second World War...
near Birmingham, a circle of colleagues interested in furthering their understanding of groups and how to apply group psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group...
met regularly with Foulkes.
In 1971, leading members of the Society set up the Institute of Group Analysis
Institute of Group Analysis
The Institute of Group Analysis is a training organisation for group psychotherapists in the analytical tradition, based on the groundwork begun by S. H...
, which became responsible for training, including an intensive qualifying course that leads to membership of the Institute. Training activities now take place at various British centres as well as on the Continent of Europe, with strong informal links with the London Institute.
The Society publishes a journal, Group Analysis, published by Sage. Foulkes was the first editor, and he continued to devote much energy to it until 1975, when he handed over the editorial role to an old colleague and co-founder of the Group-Analytic Society, Patrick de Maré. Under Foulkes and de Maré it remained a very informal publication, with a large correspondence section. It has since developed into a more formal academic publication.
A newsletter, Group Analytic Contexts, is directly descended from "Group Analysis International Panel and Correspondence" (GAIPAC) that was first edited by Foulkes in 1967 in order to establish dialogue between a wide international network. It then became the Bulletin of the Group Analytic Society and was edited by Elizabeth Foulkes, the widow of S. H. Foulkes, after his death. She passed on the editorship to Dr. Ronald A. Sandison
Ronald A. Sandison
Ronald Arthur Sandison was a British psychiatrist and psychotherapist who was a well-known early pioneer in Britain of the clinical use of LSD in psychiatry...
in 1988. In 1993 Anne Harrow and Sheila Thomson took over the editorship of the society newsletter, now called Group Analytic Contexts. The newsletter provides a forum for shorter and more informal communications between Group Analytic Society members from across the world and is increasingly integrated with the closed e-mail Forum for Society members. Contexts reports on the activities of GAS and the work and opinions of members.
The Society works through a number of sub-committees and provides:
· The Journal: Group Analysis, containing papers, book reviews and international correspondence.
· The International Newsletter: Contexts, with news, reports and correspondence.
· An International Directory of Members: with a contact person for each country.
· A List of Members’ Publications Worldwide
· Library Facilities
· Scientific Meetings: held in London.
· The Annual Winter Workshop and Summer Workshop: a four to five day international event.
· The Annual S.H. Foulkes Lecture
· Spring Weekend Meeting – Study Day
· International Activities: a symposium and workshop every three years.
· Affiliation to EGATIN, to the European Association for Transcultural Group Analysis, to the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and to the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
· A variety of Workshops
External links
- Group Analytic Society
- Riding the Waves, Along with GAS
- Group Analysis Journal Author Index 1967-1991
- Group Analysis Journal Index 1984-Present
- http://www.medconf2008.com III Mediterranean Conference (IAGI & SEPTG)