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Abstract
In her discussion of Erskine’s (2013) “Relational Group Process: Developments in a Transactional Analysis Model of Group Psychotherapy,” the author reexamines the meaning of several key aspects of group work identified by Erskine, including safety, empathy, and attunement. A distinction is made between empathy and attunement and an argument is offered for the clinical need to create psychological space for enactments in groups. The author proposes that the type of culture developed in a group is influenced by the therapist’s consciousness of her or his early trauma, the extent of her or his psychological resilience, and the way theoretical influence has been integrated with practice. A theory of the third is considered as another perspective on the cocreation of respectful attitudes in groups.
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Helena Hargaden
Helena Hargaden, DPsych, MSc, Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), has a psychotherapy and supervision practice on the south coast of England. She is an international tutor and author and has published widely in the field. Helena can be reached at 29, Heatherstone Road, Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom; email: [email protected].