ABSTRACT
In the psychoanalytic literature, Winnicott plays a prominent role in the understanding of transitional processes. Harold Bridger made an important contribution to the development of these ideas and their application to the organizational sphere. The chapter describes a process of work with an organization, specially a clinic. The "end product" of this organization is a collaborative process with its clients, a process that is meant to facilitate growth and development. The chapter concentrates on the parallels between the nature of the cases being presented by psychotherapists in the clinic at meetings of their new team and the nature of the issues being faced by the new staff team. It describes the process and shows how an intervener can utilize a psychoanalytic and transitional understanding in the process of intervening in a social system. The chapter suggests that creation of transitional space for developmental processes is an essential part of intervention in a group.
