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Abstract
Counsellors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and group analysts live with an uncomfortable knowledge of human emotional and social life that does not appear to have penetrated the dominant ideologies. This became blatantly apparent in the period leading to the War on Iraq. Therapists also sensed that it was difficult for people to talk about powerful feelings elicited by the impending war. In response to this, Psychodynamic Practice and The Institute of Group Analysis organized a Forum on War and Terror. The forum included a talk from Hanna Segal and a large group. This is a report of the large group and one understanding of the group as a moment of cultural experience and change; an attempt to experience multilateralism, or dialogue, as an alternative to war.