Object Relations, the Self, and the Group: A Conceptual Paradigm

by Charles Ashbach, Victor L. Schermer

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. Besides delineating their own theoretical approach, the authors define and discuss key constructs in group dynamics, group therapy, object relations theory and ego and self psychologies, both in relation to one another and in the context of practical examples.

313 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1987