"Malcolm Pines rich career and original thoughts are reflected in the papers in this book. As a prolific writer, scholar, editor of the journal Group Analysis, and an eloquent speaker, be it a lecture or a comment in the large group at international conferences, his influence and presence is marked. He means something special to many of us trained outside the U.K. by commuting representatives from IGA, London. Having had individual analysis and later group analytic training by S. H. Foulkes gave him close to an iconic flare for younger colleagues.
However, his writings witness the works of an independent thinker, who has developed and expanded group analytic thinking in his personal way."- Steinar Lorentzen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway. "Malcolm Pines has written about the nature of human interchange and its application to group psychotherapy and psychic understanding that I believe will be of utmost value for the reader. He employs language in a manner that often seem poetic and adds immeasurably to the overall enjoyment as well as to the wisdom he has at his fingertips.
"- Walter Stone. "Malcolm Pines is the Grand Master of group analysis, of which he is paradoxically both its innovator and the guardian of the tradition, at one and the same time. He is an old sage who always nurtures and inspires us with his wisdom, experience, tenderness, and sense of humour. This second collection of his Selected Papers takes us with him on the path he has trodden during four decades of experience, practice, reflection, study, theorising and, over all, dialogue. It is truly a privilege to have him as our companion and guide in this momentous adventure."- Dr. Juan Tubert-Oklander, psychoanalyst and group analyst, Mexico. "Reading this selection of papers by Malcolm Pines is to do a journey through the historical evolution of group analysis, a discipline of which he has been pioneer, narrator, historian, teacher, practitioner, innovator, and deep thinker and creator of its main theoretical and technical principles.
This new book confirm and sustains our conviction that group analysis is the theory that gives us a deeper insight into the human condition and affairs, this being the true basis for psychoanalysis, whether conducted in a bipersonal or a group setting. Reading, studying and reflecting on it is a must for anyone who studies, works with, or has an interest in the knowledge and understanding of the human soul."- Reyna Hernez-Tubert, Ph.D., MD, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and group analyst, Mexico. "Malcolm Pines is a living legend within Group Analysis. He used more than sixty years of his professional career thinking, teaching, treating and training candidates and patients, as well as writing and helping others to publish papers in his capacity as editor. Now some of his creative work is finally collected in this book of selective papers.
It is a gold mine of accumulated knowledge and wisdom. The book portrays and sums up an incredible life of a magnificent mind and an original thinker. As one of the founding fathers of Group Analysis he has been in the forefront of the development, presentation and spreading of the analysis of man and society to several continents. He writes about complex topics with an ease that can only come from a man of great experience. He has been a significant force in the development of small, medium and large group thinking and practice. This textbook is a gift and a must to everyone interested in Group Analysis, psychoanalysis and the historical context and development of them."- Svein Tjelta, specialist in clinical psychology, Training Group Analyst and Training Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist. "Malcolm Pines has piloted the ship of group analysis from its earliest days when S.
H. Foulkes was at the helm. Beyond that he has set its compass into the twenty first century with amazing prescience. In this enthralling compendium of papers he revisits his journey from individual psychoanalysis to group analysis and from intrapersonal to relational psychotherapy, bringing together the social, cultural, biological and neurological worlds of discourse into a single creative model of group analysis. His classic contributions on boundaries and mirroring are only two of many concepts which he has developed to throw light on the workings of the mind. His ideas have been instrumental in shaping modern group analytic technique. His writing is intensely personal and coloured by reminiscences through which we glimpse important institutions, landmarks and characters from the past. We find him at the heart of the work of many of the early pioneers of psychotherapy, admiring their methods and ideas but refusing to be beholden to the demands of their monolithic schools of practice.
His philosophy allows him to embrace diverse cultural backgrounds and to harmonise techniques which might seem worlds apart. Where others have seen immutable contradictions in polar opposites, he has seen the potential for integration. The result has been a liberating experience for practitioners and theoreticians all over the world who have been inspired by him. Dr Pines has not only chronicled the history of psychotherapy; he has been an essential part of it and these papers represent the summation of his lifetimes work."- Dr Harold Behr, FRCPsych DPM, consultant psychiatrist, training group analyst Institute of Group Analysis, London and former editor of the journal Group Analysis. "This book is a comprehensive retrospection encompassing personal history and some of the most significant professional contributions of the world reknowned psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and group analyst Malcolm Pines. The six decades of his professional dedication have left a deep furrow, opening up group analysis to worldwide professionals interested in group psychodynamics. In the UK and beyond, spreading group analytic theoretical notions throughout continents and different cultures, he has developped the nuanced and comprehensive view of group processes based on psychoanalytic roots and further developed by group analytic theory and practices.
In that way he represents the living bridge between Freud and Foulkes, and beyond their classical teachings to our contemporary use of group settings and their different dynamics from various professional fields."- Ivan Urli, Professor of psychiatry and psychological medicine at the Medical School, University of Split, Croatia.