ABSTRACT
The Group-Analytic situation thus produces an everlasting flow of unexpected and undefined material, as provided by the participants' own spontaneous and undirected contributions. In this respect it is similar to a projection test, like the Rorschach or T.A.T., only that the material is alive and multidimensional. The group-analytic situation thus promotes the following principles, which are of fundamental significance for its operation as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Active participation includes the awakening of interest and prepares the ground for " mutative " experiences. Communication in a permissive atmosphere implies the necessity to formulate meaning for oneself and others, and at the same time to understand, receive, their formulations of their own problems as well as one's own, as seen through their eyes. Observation in a social setting includes direct observation of the dynamic significance of disturbances and their changes.
