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Sharing the Unconscious Phantasy: The Therapist's Emotional Reaction to the Group-As-A-Whole

Christo Joannidis

Hellenic Society for Group Analysis

This article focuses on the transferential feelings evoked in the group therapist, towards the phantasy object that is the group-as-a-whole. This focus allows the analyst to present a specific viewpoint as to the unconscious function accorded to the therapist of a group-analytic group. It is proposed that this function is essentially a paternal one and forms part of the primitive oedipal triangular matrix that inevitably develops in any group situation.

Key Words: countertransference • group-as-a-whole • paternal function

Group Analysis, Vol. 33, No. 2, 209-220 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/05333160022077281
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