‘Hopelessly devoted to you’: An examination of Winnicott’s concept of primary maternal preoccupation in the identity and practice of male group analysts

Abstract

McBride: 'Hopelessly devoted to you' 145 phenomenological research method was chosen to analyse the collated data from the three individual interviews. Following completion of the three interviews, the participants' texts were analysed resulting in five overall themes being developed. Potential wider scopes and application of the question, potential clinical implications of the topic under discussion and the potential for developing a theoretical discussion in group analysis on what might be coined 'paternal preoccupation' were illuminated and discussed.

The first revolution: Taking Jaak Panksepp seriously: Group analysis and the neuroscience of emotion

“…CARE is the foundational feeling that holds the group together. (See Nitsun, 2006 and Aran, 2918; Doran, 2018; McBride, 2018 and Noack, 2018).…”