... is needed to deal with issues of complexity which cannot be resolved by simple managerial methods. This experiential training can help to meet the need for inculcating compassion, kindness, and empathy in its participants. Originality/value – Although other psychotherapy and group relations courses...

... the conviction of Robert Hinshelwood and Enrico Pedriali, who both had group relations and therapeutic community (TC) backgrounds, that staff who worked with severely mentally disturbed patients needed a space to understand how they and their colleagues were affected by “the constant interplay of unconscious...