Windows into Today's Group Therapy: The National Group Psychotherapy Institute of the Washington School of Psychiatry

Lise Motherwell, Psy.D., Complex Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy:

“This book proposal is well organized and would be a useful secondary text for those interested in teaching group therapy or learning about group therapy. The articles range from basic concepts to more complex ideas―so the book would be good for both early career and senior clinicians who are interested in how conceptions of group therapy have changed in the past decade…More significant is the historical importance of the book proposal. The Washington School of Psychiatry has been on the leading edge of theoretical changes in psychotherapy in general, and this edited book puts the National Group Therapy Institute in a historical perspective (as a response to managed care) and give group therapy an important place as a therapeutic modality. It is both on the cutting edge theoretically, and a compilation of seminal articles on psychodynamic group therapy concepts, and important addition to the literature on group psychotherapy. All three authors who have contributed to the introduction have written clear, interesting, and relevant pieces with regard to the training at the Washington School of Psychiatry….I recommend this book for publication, because it compiles both published and unpublished articles by prominent therapists in the field and emphasizes the importance of dialectical approaches to the teaching and learning of group therapy. It is different from other texts in that it is organized by theory rather than by specific issues in group therapy. It emphasizes the current thinking in group therapy (esp. on systems centered and relational therapies), and how to teach and learn from students.”

George Saiger, M.D. is Chair of the Center for Study of Psychotherapies for the Aging, Washington School of Psychiatry. He is a Fellow, chair of the Psychiatry Special Interest Group, and former member of the board of directors of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

Sy Rubenfeld, Ph.D. was Founding Director of the National Group Psychotherapy Institute at the Washington School of Psychiatry. He is a recipient of the American Group Psychotherapy Association’s Alonzo Award and is in private practice.

Mary Dluhy, M.S.W. is President Emerita and Founder of the Clinical Social Work Institute of Washington, D.C., and former Director of the National Group Psychotherapy Institute Training Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry. She is Co-Chair of the Institute Committee of American Group Psychotherapy Association and is in private practice.