Introduction to Group Analytic Psychotherapy

ment " make fascinating reading. The author expressly disclaims that his method is meant to supersede orthodox psychoanalysis: it is rather a complementary approach which touches upon the patient's adjustment to social realities in a way which the privacy of the individual analytic procedure inevitably misses. The method employs, in a group setting, the same " tools "? free association, understanding of unconscious mechanisms and motives, and understanding of interpersonal relationships (=transference)?as does orthodox psychoanalysis. In addition, however, the therapist is faced with the necessity of becoming