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Bringing it all Back Home: Cafe Subgroups and the Extended Matrix

member of the Institute of Group Analysis. He is Head of Group Psychotherapy at the Parkside Clinic (NHS) West London

This article describes a trainee group analyst's experience of challenging his group's determination to form subgroups in cafes after sessions. A variety of approaches were tried and the article outlines a number of phases in the groups over a two-year period, leading to the conductor's realization of the need to extend his own boundaries and work with the concept of the `extended matrix', with a resultant deepening in the work. The issues are placed in theoretical context, with reference to Foulkes, Winnicott and Kohut.

Key Words: boundaries • extended matrix • interpretations • norms • subgroups

Group Analysis, Vol. 31, No. 2, 213-225 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316498312007


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