ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines an approach to working with unformulated and non-represented experience in group analysis. It is a truism to say that groups are always interacting. As they do so and group members engage with each other, enactments are unavoidable, just like group interaction. Enactments are constantly unfolding and involve group members, the group analyst, and the group-as-a-whole. Classically, group therapy has been regarded as a way to situate the patient in a regressive situation. The emphasis has been on the regressive pull of the group situation and group dynamics. When trying to engage with others members of the group and with ongoing group process, Gregory would often seem to hold his head aloft and seemed to squint and peer at others in a manner that certainly looked like sneering. Some group members appealed to him to stay; others said that they'd probably all be better off without him and his constant complaints.
