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

Rating:
Summary: a tour de force
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: a tour de force
Review: 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.