Children are born into a social context that is not of their choosing. From early childhood, this context is made up of diverse group experiences that play a crucial role in shaping a person’s social life and desire to learn. This makes the group context an ideal setting for therapeutic and educational work, especially with children and adolescents. This volume offers numerous practical suggestions for using the group as a helpful and supportive medium, e.g., in parent-infant/toddler groups, parent/caregiver groups, groups with children or adolescents, and in preventive group work in schools. The contributions provide insights into the diversity and complexity of conceptual, group analytic work with children’s, youth and parents’ groups, and show how this work can be successful in outpatient settings, clinics, youth services, counseling centers, or schools. The combination of basic and applied knowledge makes this anthology an indispensable reference for any practitioner.
With contributions by Andreas Opitz, Anke Mühle, Birgitt Ballhausen-Scharf, Dietrich Winzer, Hans Georg Lehle, Christoph Müller, Beate Schnabel, Anja Khalil, Carla Weber, Christoph Radaj, Dietlind, Köhncke, Franziska Schöpfer, Furi Kharbirpour, Gerhild Ohrnberger, Harald Weilnböck, Horst Wenzel, Kadir Kaynak, Matthias Wenck, Thomas Schneider, Tilman Sprondel, Ursula Pröbsting.
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Katrin Stumptner, Gründungsmitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gruppenanalyse mit Kindern und Jugendlichen e. V., ist als niedergelassene Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeutin in Falkensee bei Berlin tätig und zudem Gruppenlehranalytikerin, Dozentin und Supervisorin am Berliner Institut für Gruppenanalyse (BIG).
Katrin Stumptner graduated as a music therapist from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and also studied theater and film studies in Berlin. She has been a registered psychotherapist for children and young people since 2000 and trainer and supervisor for group analysis (D3G / EGATIN) at the Berlin Institute for Group Analysis (Berliner Institut für Gruppenanalyse e. V., BIG) and at the Institute for Group Analysis Heidelberg (Institut für Gruppenanalyse Heidelberg, IGAH). She is a founding member of the Working Group for Group Analysis with Children and Adolescents (Ga Ki Ju e. V.). Her particular focus is on scenic understanding in small and large group sessions in connection with transgenerational and transcultural contexts.