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, 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.

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

Armington, R. & Cassano, S. (1996). The challenge of the member role in group problem-solving. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 41-43.

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

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

Gantt, S.P. (2009). The clinical pastoral circle: Using systems-centered methods to develop a clinical pastoral team. In C.F. Garlid, A.A. Zollfrank & G. Fitchett (Eds.), Expanding the circle: Essays in Honor of Joan Hemenway. Decatur, GA: JPCP, Inc.

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.