ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that variety of group approaches and at the same time indicate the multiple ways in which group analysis may fulfil a significant role by offering the necessary theoretical background as well as the constructive spirit of co-operation, tolerance and reciprocal acceptance. There is also a need for substantial group-analytic contribution where boundaries are concerned and specific skills are called for to recognize and deal with unconscious in groups. As human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection spreads, and the general public come to feel more and more threatened, the isolation of HIV-positive people and those who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is bound to increase. Patients in therapy groups bring the AIDS crisis to the group analyst. The involvement with HIV pre- and post-test counselling and with AIDS-related complex/AIDS patients makes primary care workers more unsure about what they are doing than with any other type of patients.
