ABSTRACT
In moving from the psychoanalysis of an individual in a dyadic setting to therapy in a group, Foulkes placed belonging, socialization and support at the center of the therapeutic process:
The ®rst and foremost aspect with which group psychotherapists are usually concerned, and according to which they form their concepts, is that of belonging, of participation. . . . the need for psychotherapy arises when this participation and sharing are disturbed.
