Foulkes' Concept of the Matrix

Roberts, Jeff

doi:10.1177/053331648201500203

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“…Foulkes's concept of the matrix (Roberts, 1982) addresses specifically the processes occurring in groups. He refers to a web of communication and relationship in a given group, common shared ground, which determines the meaning and significance of all events and upon which all communication (verbal and nonverbal) rests.…”

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Family Constellation — A Therapy Beyond Words

Stiefel

Harris

Zollmann

2002

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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Family Constellation, a psychotherapeutic approach associated with the name Bert Hellinger, has become a popular yet also controversial form of systemic therapy in the German‐speaking therapy community. ‘Family Constellation’ (Familienstellen) means the individual client's physical‐emotional positioning and re‐positioning of substitute family members in relation to each other, with help of a therapeutic group. Family Constellation is a one‐session approach that addresses family‐of‐origin issues. The therapeutic process is highly experiential, utilising multiple sensory modalities. Hellinger locates his model within phenomenology, and his practice has roots in several therapy schools. His model offers complementary therapeutic techniques in our ‘languaged’ world of family therapy.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Constellation — A Therapy Beyond Words

Stiefel

Harris

Zollmann

2002

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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“…According to Foulkes (1964: 76) once individuals come together in a group and begin the process of relating and communicating in myriad ways, a ‘psyche group’ is formed, and it is these conscious and unconscious communications and relationships in and around the group that he terms ‘the matrix’. In its original Latin, the word meant pregnant animal, but it later came to mean womb—a place in which formation takes place (Roberts, 1982). It also has a number of interesting mathematical meanings but within the context of group analysis it is described as the ‘Great Mother’ by Prodgers (1990), the ‘womb’ by Ahlin (1985), a ‘mother’ by Foguel (1994) and related to Winnicott’s (1960) concept of ‘maternal holding’ by James (1984).…”

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The Dynamic Foundation: Harnessing Difference within the Matrix

Kent¹

2018

Group Analysis

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The world is awash with new technologies, increasing migration, and ever-expanding methods of communication—all of which are reflected in and around the groups we conduct. This article charts the evolution of Foulkes’ group matrix before critically examining the notion of a foundation matrix in order to address the relevance of a concept that was created when the world seemed to move at a much slower pace. A development is offered that attempts to incorporate the dynamic and evolving world in which we live, harnessing difference within the matrix for transformational change.

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“…A number of commentators have suggested that an optimum number for a supervision group would be 4 to 6 supervisees (Aronson 1990;Proctor 2000;Sharpe 1995). However, in addition, I would like to suggest that more important than the number of supervisees is a qualitative judgement about how many 'patients' the group matrix (Roberts 1982) could reasonably be expected to contain. The issue here is that reflection on practice must have a clear focus and should grow out of and away from a centre that has been closely observed.…”

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Group Supervision of Individual Cases in the Training of Counsellors and Psychotherapists: Towards a Group‐analytic Model?

Scanlon

2002

Brit J Psychotherapy

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The process through which individual psychodynamic practitioners learn how to learn from practice is central to their future professional development and second only to having had a ‘good enough’ experience of personal therapy. To facilitate this learning process many trainees, particularly those working within organizations, might be offered the opportunity to join a supervision group. The aim of this article is to explore some group dynamic issues that might enable greater understanding of this learning opportunity. Literature from the general field of professional education will be integrated with more specific psychodynamic and group‐analytic psychotherapy sources. Implications for the place of analytically informed cooperative inquiry groups in continuing professional development will also be briefly discussed.

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Foulkes' Concept of the Matrix

Cited by 44 publications

References 5 publications

Family Constellation — A Therapy Beyond Words

Family Constellation — A Therapy Beyond Words

The Dynamic Foundation: Harnessing Difference within the Matrix

Group Supervision of Individual Cases in the Training of Counsellors and Psychotherapists: Towards a Group‐analytic Model?

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