Abstract
This chapter describes an analytic group for children of the Holocaust and the second generation as a curative environment for people who have personal and historical backgrounds related to the Holocaust. It discusses the "mutual recognition" concept and elaborates on its contribution to the healing processes in this group of traumatised participants. The chapter deals with great appreciation, to the participants in the group. It expands the ideas regarding the analytic group as enabling belonging, holding, and social recognition, while restoring and healing personal and collective identity of the post-traumatic individual. Self-expression and recognition by the other becomes essential in the dialogue between the self and the other. The mirror's work, according to S. H. Foulkes, intensively takes place in the group space, by working on identifications and the release of guilt and anxiety, while building confidence. This mirroring reaction enables the participant to meet and expand his unconscious and increase his self-awareness.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Group Analysis in the Land of Milk and Honey |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 265-278 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429900129 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780429475351 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 to Robi Friedman and Yael Doron for the edited collection and to the individual authors for their contributions.