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.

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. It defines and discusses key constructs in each of the fields and illustrates them with practical examples.