Questions of Communication and Process. Commentary on Billow’s Relational Group Psychotherapy: An Overview. Part III: Modes of Therapeutic Leadership, September 2017

Billow’s third part of his series of articles is an important contribution to the discussion of leadership in group therapy. I enjoyed reading and discussing this rich article, full of Billow’s original thinking inside the Bionian legacy. Billow is passionate in his view of the group leader’s signif...

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Published in:Group analysis 2017-09, Vol.50 (3), p.339-344
Main Author: Friedman, Robi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criticism
Group psychotherapy
Leadership
Psychotherapy
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Summary:Billow’s third part of his series of articles is an important contribution to the discussion of leadership in group therapy. I enjoyed reading and discussing this rich article, full of Billow’s original thinking inside the Bionian legacy. Billow is passionate in his view of the group leader’s significant place and centrality in the group. The theme of therapeutic leadership always has a strong, affective component, which can also be sensed in group analytic discussions. Group therapists, when addressing their own role prescriptions, are often talking not more and not less than about their professional identity.
ISSN:0533-3164
1461-717X
DOI:10.1177/0533316417722950