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The Edge of Chaos: Enactment, Disruption, and Emergence in Group Psychotherapy
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 2 August 2007
The author outlines his approach to the theory and practice of group psychotherapy. The emphasis is on therapy by the group rather than therapy in the group. The therapist's task is to help the group… Expand
The Unobtrusive Relational Analyst
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 1 November 2012
I describe an unobtrusive relational approach to the psychoanalytic treatment of nonalive and nonspeakable states and ways of being. I build upon a contemporary relational sensibility that values the… Expand
The Flow of Enactive Engagement
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 1 July 2012
Abstract In this article, I offer a concept of therapeutic action that I call “the flow of enactive engagement.” I advance the idea that this flow of enactive engagement is the fulcrum of a… Expand
The Rhythm of the Group: Reply to Commentaries
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 2 August 2007
In this response I integrate the concept of thirdness into my description of group analysis and advance the concept of being-with-the-group that involves the analyst coconstructing and responding to… Expand
The Unobtrusive Relational Group Analyst and the Work of the Narrative
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 19 May 2018
ABSTRACT I outline the concept of the unobtrusive relational group analyst and the related concepts of the flow of enactive engagement, psychoanalytic companioning, and the work of the narrative in… Expand
Narrating the Unsayable: Enactment, Repair, and Creative Multiplicity in Group Psychotherapy
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 2 January 2017
ABSTRACT This article introduces an approach to group analysis that places dissociation of traumatic experience at the center of group interaction. Healing in group is regarded as hinging on the… Expand
‘A Way Out’ and A Way In: Reply to Commentary
- Robert Grossmark
- Psychology
- 1 November 2012
I express my appreciation for Michal Rieck's thoughtful and fully felt reading of my paper. I underline her points that the regression that an unobtrusive yet fully engaged analyst can allow, is not… Expand
The one and the many : relational approaches to group psychotherapy
- Robert Grossmark, F. Wright
- Psychology
- 25 July 2014
Grossmark, Wright, Introduction. Wright, Personal Reflections on Hugh Mullan: Existential Group Therapist. Wright, Being Seen, Moved, Disrupted and Reconfigured: Group Leadership from a Relational… Expand