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Group Imago and Group Development

Two Theoretical Additions and Some Ensuing Adjustments

Pages 321-333
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article suggests some theoretical adjustments to Clarkson’s (1991) work on groups and specifically to her correlation of Berne’s (1963) work on group imagoes with Tuckman’s (1965) work on stages of group development. The author suggests two additional phases of an individual’s subjective experience of groups—the secondarily operative group imago and the historical group imago—as well as a realignment of Clarkson’s (1991) own addition of the clarified group imago in order to offer a more consistent reading across the two models offered by Berne and Tuckman. The two additions as well as the complete developmental sequence are illustrated with three case examples. The author suggests that, while Berne’s and Tuckman’s two models represent different approaches to science, together they offer a comprehensive understanding of group development as well as individual development in and through the group.

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Keith Tudor

Author Biography
Keith Tudor, PhD, MA, MSc, CQSW, Dip.Psychotherapy, is a Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy). He is an associate professor and head of department at AUT University, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. He also has a small independent/private practice in West Auckland as a health care provider and transactional analyst. He retains his voluntary professional registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, which he has held since 1994. For 10 years (1999-2008) he was also a registered group psychotherapist and facilitator through full membership in the Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners. He is the author/editor of 13 books, including Group Counselling (Sage, 1999). He can be reached at AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, Aotearoa New Zealand; email: .
 

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