Psychodynamic

PracticeIndividuals, groups and organisations

ISSN 1475-3634

Volume 17 No. 4. November 2011

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Contents

EditorialMischka Byworth 383

ArticlesThe Automaton Self: Defensive organisation, psychodynamics and treatment approachesAlistair D. Sweet 387

Uncovering and managing unconscious ways of ‘looking’: A case study of researching educational careCorinne McKamey 403

2010 ESSAY COMPETITION WINNER

Transformation at a community mental health centreDavid Kealy 419

The aims of personal therapy in trainingMichael Jacobs 427

Open spaceFamily storytelling and the attachment relationshipNeil Frude and Steve Killick 441

Three weeks in OctoberMaggie Turp 457

Book review essayRichard M. Billow, Resistance, rebellion and refusal in groups: The three R’sCaroline Garland, The Groups Book: Psychoanalytic grouptheory: Principles and practice including the groups manual: A treatment manual, with clinical vignettesClaire S. Bacha 461

Book reviews 469

Notes on contributors 491

Erratum 495

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Psychodynamic PracticeManaging Editor: Sue Kegerreis, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UKSubmissions Editor: Eleanor Boulton, University of Hertfordshire, UKAssistant Submissions Editor: Mischka Byworth, University of Oxford, UK Open Space Editor: Alex Coren, University of Oxford, UKBook Reviews Editor: Jonathan Smith, South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust, London, UKConsultant Editor: Paul Terry, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UKCommissioning Editor: Ann Heyno, Birbeck College, University of London & Independent consultant

Editorial BoardFran Acheson, BBC Radio Training, London, UKDr Claire Bacha, Psychotherapist and group analyst, Group Analysis, North Manchester, UKDiana Bass, Guy’s Hospital GKT Medical School, King’s College, London, UKElsa Bell, Director of Student Welfare and Counselling, University of Oxford, UKSheila Ernst, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust, UKJoan Foster, Chair,The Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care (CPC), UKJohn Lees, University of Greenwich, London, UKSusan Lendrum, Psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice, Edinburgh, UKDr Jennifer Lisle, Joint Research and Health Advisers, London, UKJane Maitland, Maitland Consulting, London, UKCraig McDevitt, Edinburgh University Counselling Service, UKLesley Murdin,Westminster Pastoral Foundation and Institute of Psychotherapy and Counselling, London, UKBernard Ratigan, Nottingham Psychotherapy Unit, UKDr Rosemary Rizq, Roehampton University, London, UKJulia Segal, Brent Rehabilitation Services, Brent NHS Primary Care Trust, London, UKLennox Thomas, Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre, London, UKDr Maggie Turp, Tavistock Clinic, LondonAlison Vaspe, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist & Supervisor,Winchester, UKFerelyth Watt, Association of Child Psychotherapists, London, UKMartin Weegman, Springfield Hospital, London, UK

UK Advisory BoardDavid Armstrong, Tavistock Clinic Consultancy Service, London, UKDr Mark Aveline, Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust, UKLynn Barnett, Association of Child Psychotherapists and Iddesleigh House Clinic, Exeter, UKNick Barwick, Institute of Group Analysis (London) & Tavistock Centre for Couple Relations, London, UKWilliam Halton, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKProf. Paul Hoggett, Centre for Social and Economic Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UKSue Holland, South Bucks NHS Trust, UKDr Jeremy Holmes, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, UKMichael Jacobs,Visiting Professor at the Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth

University, UKAntonia Murphy, Nottingham, UKMorris Nitsun, Group Analyst and Clinical Psychologist, Group Analytic Practice, LondonMarilyn Pietroni, Marylebone Health Centre and University of Westminster, London, UKProf. Andrew Samuels, University of Essex and Society of Analytical Psychology, London, UKRevd Peter Speck, Southampton University, NHS Trust, UKLaurence Spurling, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKPeter Wilson,Young Minds, London, UK

International Advisory BoardKerrie Collings, Queensland Psychotherapy Association, Brisbane,AustraliaElisha Davar, University of Utrecht, HollandAnna Ewins, Anna Ewins Associates, Organizational and Management Consultancy, San Francisco, USATrine Fredtoft, School of Business, Copenhagen, DenmarkMarvin Geller, Princeton University, New Jersey, USADr James Gustafson, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, USADr Jaswant Guzder, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaSudhir Kakar, Head of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institure of Technology,

Delhi, IndiaJanice Lieberman, Psychoanalyst,The Institute of Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York, USARobert May,Amherst College, Massachusetts, USAHarriet Meek, Cathedral Counseling Center and Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago, USAMichael J. Patton, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USAMichael Stadter, American University,Washington DC, USAProf. Leslie Swartz, Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaProf. Paolo Valerio, Naples University, ItalyDr Robert Waska, Psychoanalyst, Private Practice, San Francisco, USA

Aims and ScopePsychodynamic Practice is a journal of counselling, psychotherapy and consultancy and is written for professionalsin all fields who use psychodynamic thinking in their work. The journal explores the relevance ofpsychodynamic ideas to different occupational settings. It emphasizes setting and application as well as theoryand technique and focuses on four broad areas:

• Clinical practice

• The understanding of group and organisational processes

• The use of psychodynamic ideas and methods in different occupations settings (for example, education andtraining, health care, social work, pastoral care, management and consultancy).

• The understanding of social, political and cultural issues.The journal aims to make psychodynamic ideas accessible to a broad audience and is a home for new, as wellas experienced, writers.

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