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X-treme Group Analysis: On the Countertransference Edge in Inpatient Work with Forensic Patients

John Gordon

Institute of Group Analysis, 1, Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BY.

Sharman Harding

Institute of Group Analysis, London.

Claire Miller

Kiriakos Xenitidis

Institute of Group Analysis, London.

Setting up analytic psychotherapy groups on secure forensic wards is a complicated and arduous process. Once established, clinical work is even more difficult because emotional contact with forensic patients places extreme pressure on the countertransference. We review aspects of the psychoanalytic theory of countertransference related to increasingly serious levels of psychopathology in order to clarify why this should be so. Examples of clinical group analysis and work with forensic staff illustrate our experiences on the countertransference edge.

Key Words: group analysis • countertransference • forensic psychotherapy • supervision

Group Analysis, Vol. 38, No. 3, 409-426 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316405055398
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