ABSTRACT
This is an account of an organization's, attempt to review its way of functioning, through self-reflection, by having a critical dialogue with itself, by—so to speak—being its own action researcher. The organization is the Scottish Institute of Human Relations. The Scottish Institute's mission evolved around a number of precepts and values. Its primary task is to support those working in the health/care professions through training and other services that are based in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The foundation and development of the Scottish Institute of Human Relations can be viewed as an attempt at an ongoing critical dialogue. The chapter discusses that the concept of containment in organizations can be thought about on two levels. On one level it refers to a process in which others unconsciously wish to deny or rid themselves of feelings and attributes by projecting them into another. On another level the containment may refer to how other parties are relating to each other.
