61st Annual Conference

Presenters: 

Earl Hopper, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, London, England

Meg Sharpe, BA (Hons), M.Inst GA, CGP, Training Group Analyst/Individual Analyst (Jungian), Group Analytic Practice, London, England

This session is also being held Friday(1:45-2:45 pm) and Saturday (2:30-5:30 pm)

The Large Group provides a forum for participants to discuss matters of concern to them, and to explore the meaning of their communications from various points of view, ranging from deeply personal to contextual constraints, including those of the Conference, AGPA, the wider society and even the globe. The co-convenors will model the approach and orientation of Group Analysis. They will conclude this event with a brief summary of the ideas that guided their understanding of the processes that emerged during the session. The Large Group is open to participants at all levels of experience; participants are encouraged to attend all three sessions.

Course References:

1. Hopper, E. (2003). Traumatic Experiences in the Unconscious Life of Groups: The Fourth Basic Assumption; Incohesion; Aggregation/Massification. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
2. Schneider, S. and Weinberg, H. The Large Group Revisited: The Herd, Primal Horde, Crowds and Masses. London: Kreeger, L. (ed) 1975. The Large Group: Dynamics & Theory. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
3. Shields, W. (2001) "The subjective experience of the self in the large group: Two models for study." International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 51 (2):205-225; Hopper, E. and Sharpe, M. (2002) Responses to 'The subjective experience of the self in the large group: Two models for study.' International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 52, 3, 431-436.