ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores about some of the main anti-group processes. When considering the challenges to group analysis as a psychotherapeutic form, it has highlighted the dramatic changes in clinical services since S. H. Foulkes originated group analytic therapy. The changes include the increasing diversification of the population, particularly in urban areas, the greater range, depth and complexity of psychopathology than previously existed, and the vastly increased demand for psychotherapy at the same time that public funding has visibly shrunk. This means that competition between the psychological therapies has sharpened and that survival more than ever depends on meeting criteria. The book considers a link between group analysis and performance art, as well as the application of group analytic thinking to film studies, which may bring fresh perspectives to the world of the movies and in turn illuminate some of the complex human dramas.
