ABSTRACT

Foulkes, the founding father of group analysis, described the individual as a starting point in the group network the matrix. The matrix is a hypothetical network of communication and reciprocation, created and developed in the group, it is the common ground, which determines the meaning and importance of all of the group proceedings. The term receives a visual facet when the group process merges two approaches, therapeutic group analysis and art therapy. The combination of these approaches produces non-verbal communication and encounters with unconscious feelings. For this, a squiggling technique is first used. When a patient uses the squiggle technique with closed eyes, they squiggle intertwined lines, without direction or control. Squiggle drawing, supposedly a meaningless behavior, actually fulfills the role of both physical and symbolic venting. Sort of a release net to understand the unconscious substance of the individual and the group. The patient's image is meaningful to understanding of the group's inner world.