Group Development Readings

Agazarian, Y.M., & Peters, R. (1981). The visible and invisible group: Two perspectives on group psychotherapy and group process, London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd. Re-printed in paperback (1987). London : Karnac Books.

Agazarian, Y.M. (1992). A systems approach to the group-as-a-whole. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 42, (3). The Guilford Press, New York.

Agazarian (1992). Friends Series I. System-centered theory & practice: The contribution of Yvonne Agazarian. London: Karnac Books. Available with permission of publisher.

Agazarian, Y.M. (1993). Reframing the group-as-a-whole. In Changing group relations: The next twenty-five years in America T. Hugg, N. Carson & T. Lipgar (Eds.). Proceedings of the Ninth Scientific Meeting of the A.K. Rice Institute, A.K.R.I. Institute, FL.

Agazarian, Y.M. and Carter, F. (1993). The large group and systems-centered theory. Group: The Journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, 17 (4), 210-234.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Gantt, S.P. (2003). Phases of group development: Systems-centered hypotheses and their implications for research and practice. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, 7(3), pp.238-252.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Gantt, S.P. (2005a). The systems-centered approach to the group-as-a-whole. Group: The Journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, 29 (1), 163-186.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Gantt, S.P. (2005b). The systems perspective. In S. Wheelan (Ed.), Handbook of Group Research and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications. Available with permission of publisher.

Agazarian, Y.M. (2006). Systems-centered practice: Selected papers on group psychotherapy. London: Karnac Books.

Agazarian, Y.M. (2010). Systems-centered theory and practice: The contribution of Yvonne Agazarian (Edited by SCTRI.) Livermore, CA: WingSpan Press. Reprint (2011). London: Karnac Books.

Brabender, V. & Fallon, A. (2009). Group Development in Practice.  Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Carter, F. (1996). Working with large groups in crisis: A systems-centered approach. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 45-52.

Carter, F. (2000). Relationships as a function of context. In U. McCluskey and C. Hooper (Eds.), Psychodynamic perspectives on abuse: The cost of fear. London and Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley.

Gantt, S.P. & Hopper, E. (2008a). Two perspectives on a trauma in a training group: The systems-centered approach and the theory of incohesion (part I). Group Analysis, 41(1), pp. 92-106. doi: 10.1177/0533316408088416  Available with permission of publisher.

Gantt, S.P. & Hopper, E. (2008b). Two perspectives on a trauma in a training group: The systems-centered approach and the theory of incohesion (part II). Group Analysis, 41(2), pp. 123-139. doi: 10.1177/0533316408089879  Available with permission of publisher.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2010). Developing the group mind through functional subgrouping: Linking systems-centered training (SCT) and interpersonal neurobiology.  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 60(4), pp. 514-545. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2010.60.4.515

Gantt, S.P. & Cox, P. (Eds.) (2010). Introduction to the special issue: Neurobiology and building interpersonal systems: Groups, couples, and beyond [Special issue]. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 60(4), pp. 455-461. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2010.60.4.455

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2011). The group mind, systems-centred functional subgrouping, and interpersonal neurobiology. In E. Hopper & H. Weinberg (Eds.), The social unconscious in persons, groups, and societies: Volume 1: Mainly theory (pp. 99-123). London: Karnac Books.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2011). Highlights from ten years of a systems-centered large group: Work in progress. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, 47(1), pp. 40-50.

Haddock, R. (2004). Drawing the isolate into the group flow: A commentary from a systems-centered therapy perspective. Group Analysis, 37(1), pp. 82-90. Published in Group Analysis by Sage Publications Ltd., all rights reserved © The Group-Analytic Society (London, 2004).

Kahn, C. (1996). Evolution of group therapy from individual in the group to group-as-a-whole to group-as-a-system. SCT Journal, 1(1), 13-18.

O'Neill, R.M. & Constantino, M.J. (2008). Systems-centered training groups' process and outcome: A comparison with AGPA institute groups. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 58, pp. 77-102.

O'Neill, R., Smyth, J.M. & MacKenzie, M.J. (2011). Systems-centered functional subgrouping links the member to the group dynamics and goals: How-to and a pilot study. GROUP: The Journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, 35(2), 105-121.