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[SY-86-04]How can Group Analysis be survived in Japan？
*Yuri Seki (Kubota.Psychological Inc.())
Group Analysis (GA) is a theory and method of psychoanalytic group psychotherapy founded by S.H. Foulkes（1964）in the UK after WWII. It has more than 90 years’ history and has spread in Europe. GA was introduced to Japan in 1970’s together with the Therapeutic Community movement. Since then, GA has been practiced in psychiatric institutions. Also, the Japanese Association for Group Psychotherapy (JAGP) has adopted GA for basic training. However, different from psychoanalysis or Jungian psychotherapy, Japanese group psychotherapists have rarely exchanged with the European group analytic society and it seemed that they have developed a unique style.
After studying group therapy in Japan, I was trained in Group Analysis in the UK from 1996 to 2006 and then came back to Japan in 2007. My experience was a double confusion. When I learnt GA in the UK, I felt it was different from what I had been taught in Japan. Then After accomplished my training and came back to Japan, I felt the same: it was different from what I had been taught in the UK.
The practice of any psychotherapy is always influenced by the indigenous culture.
Although many styles of psychotherapy originated in the US or Europe has been introduced to other cultural area such as Asia or Africa, they can be transformed by their own cultural norms. In this presentation, I will explore how theory and method of GA were adopted to Japan; what is the transformation from the European GA to the Japanese one and why it happened. This exploration aims to exchange between different culture of practice for further development of European indigenous therapy.
Foulkes, S.H (1964) Therapeuti Group Analysis. Reprinted 1984. London, Karnac .
After studying group therapy in Japan, I was trained in Group Analysis in the UK from 1996 to 2006 and then came back to Japan in 2007. My experience was a double confusion. When I learnt GA in the UK, I felt it was different from what I had been taught in Japan. Then After accomplished my training and came back to Japan, I felt the same: it was different from what I had been taught in the UK.
The practice of any psychotherapy is always influenced by the indigenous culture.
Although many styles of psychotherapy originated in the US or Europe has been introduced to other cultural area such as Asia or Africa, they can be transformed by their own cultural norms. In this presentation, I will explore how theory and method of GA were adopted to Japan; what is the transformation from the European GA to the Japanese one and why it happened. This exploration aims to exchange between different culture of practice for further development of European indigenous therapy.
Foulkes, S.H (1964) Therapeuti Group Analysis. Reprinted 1984. London, Karnac .