This established text presents a framework for integrating group psychology with psychoanalytic theories of object relations, the ego and the self, through the perspective of general systems theory. It defines and discusses key constructs in each of the fields and illustrates them with practical examples.

Charles Ashbach, Victor L. Schermer

Foreword, Preface to the paperback edition, Acknowledgements, A note to the reader, Part 1 Elements of a paradigm, Part 2 Object relations and the self: from intrapsychic to interactive constructs, Part 3 Systems theory, developmental psychology, and the group, Part 4 Special topics, Appendix The group analytic grid, Bibliography, Index