The Technique of Group Treatment: The Collected Papers of Louis R. Ormont

by Louis R. Ormont

Book Overview

Louis R. Ormont. Ph.D. was a foremost group analyst, speaker, teacher and writer. The Technique of Group Treatment is a collection of his journal articles and records his insights into resistance,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887841350
• ISBN13: 9781887841351
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Psychosocial Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

a tour de force

In this edited volume. it is a relief to find, all in one place, this innovative group analyst's thought provoking writings spanning some 50 years. Key "modern group" concepts and theoretical formulations are explicated herein. Included are Ormont's classic articles on bridging, cultivatng the observing ego, fostering immediacy, increasing emotional insulation, stimulating progressive emotional communication, and the function of the modern group contract. A must read for group practitioners in social work, psychology and psychiatry.