Limits of the Effectiveness of Group Therapies
摘要
Group therapies, of course, cannot override or even make understandable every dynamic. There are individuals and situations where one should terminate participation in a group or the group itself to prevent further harm. The humility in the face of one’s own fallibility and one’s own “not knowing” of those involved in group therapy (in the sense of Bion) is essential. It can be helpful to remind oneself of this in stressful and conflict situations in groups in order to gain distance. The acceptance of boundaries also always points to what is still possible on this side of the boundary or has not turned for the worse.