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Personal Group-Self and Transpersonal Groupobject

Bertram D. Cohen

Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, BDCO{at}aol.com

Mark F Ettin

East Brunswick and Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Two usages of the term `group self' are delineated: (1) an individual's `personal group-self' or personal identity as a member of a group; and (2) the `transpersonal group's self' or members' personifications of the group as though it had its own consciousness and personal agency. We do not imply any notion of a `group mind' or `collective consciousness' as objective truth. We refer instead to beliefs about persons by persons. In this constructivist sense, we describe the `groupobject' function of the personified group, outline some common archaic and mature patterns of its expression in therapy groups, and derive some therapeutic implications of our formulation.

Key Words: groupobject • group-self • transpersonal group's `self'

Group Analysis, Vol. 35, No. 2, 287-300 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316402035002844
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