Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?

Ezquerro, Arturo

doi:10.1177/0533316420901324

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“…In terms of attachment theory, the therapeutic group matrix (including members and the therapist or conductor) has been described as constituting a secure base or, at least, a secure-enough base [5,12,[43][44][45][46].…”

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Genesis and Development of Group-Analytic Therapy in Great Britain: Bion, Bowlby, Foulkes, and the Relevance of Group Attachment

Ezquerro,

Cañete

2024

The Theory and Practice of Group Therapy

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A succinct account of the genesis and development of the Tavistock and group-analytic models of group psychotherapy focuses on their creators, Bion and Foulkes, and on how their life circumstances and their interpersonal and group attachment histories shaped their thinking and perception of the group and its therapeutic potential. The methodology combines historical investigation and literature review with psychodynamic and group-analytic formulations; it also provides an attachment-based, critical analysis of both approaches, their similarities and differences, and their mutual influence. Likewise, the chapter investigates the evolution of the concept of group attachment, formulated by Bowlby in 1969, which has been largely overlooked in the specialist literature until the last two decades, despite the fact that group lives, as well as interpersonal and group attachment, have played a fundamental role in our survival as a species and in our well-being and healthy development as a person. The present research is also informed by anthropological, psychosocial, organisational, and cultural aspects of human growth. It concludes that group attachment is highly relevant to group psychotherapy and that studying its nature and therapeutic implications should be an integral part of the training of psychotherapists and other mental health professionals, particularly those working with groups.

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“…Consequently, in the thinking, training and practice of group analysts, past and present, there has been a concerning absence of attachment-based thinking, with only a few exceptions [5,12,30,43,44,[51][52][53][54].…”

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Genesis and Development of Group-Analytic Therapy in Great Britain: Bion, Bowlby, Foulkes, and the Relevance of Group Attachment

Ezquerro,

Cañete

2024

The Theory and Practice of Group Therapy

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“…I must admit that after reading this article (Ezquerro, 2020) I found myself asking the editors for part two. This was not through having a hunger to read more, rather an attempt to make sense of how confused I had become when reading it.…”

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A response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: what Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro

Peterson¹

2020

Group Analysis

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“…In this commentary I discuss some important issues that were either not addressed at all, or addressed implicitly or minimally in the Ezquerro’s article (Ezquerro, 2020). My main point is that the European Union has been functioning as an insecure object of collective attachment for large parts of the European population for many years.…”

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The European Union as an object of insecure collective attachment: A response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro

Sochos¹

2021

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In this commentary I argue that the European Union has been functioning as an insecure object of collective attachment for large parts of the European population for many years. According to attachment theory, in relationships of asymmetrical power insecure attachment is formed as the narrative constructed by the most powerful party overwrites the authentic experience of the weakest, generating conflicted representation of self and the attachment object. That attachment object may be interpersonal or collective. The EU narrative on how it safeguards democracy and citizen well-being contradicts the true experience of many Europeans who struggle to make ends meet in neoliberal Europe. On this basis, an insecure collective bond with the EU is established, as the latter fails to recognize and address the needs of many of its citizens.

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Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Genesis and Development of Group-Analytic Therapy in Great Britain: Bion, Bowlby, Foulkes, and the Relevance of Group Attachment

Genesis and Development of Group-Analytic Therapy in Great Britain: Bion, Bowlby, Foulkes, and the Relevance of Group Attachment

A response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: what Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro

The European Union as an object of insecure collective attachment: A response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro

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