Book Review: Group Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Abstract

A group well led can hold dissociation and avoid a negative transference due to the shadow projection on the therapist. People abused do not trust others and are constantly shifting between dependence and rejection. The group can be the third able to help the therapist/facilitator in managing these kinds of difficulties as the psychotherapy progresses. McColgan presents in this book a model-based treatment for adult survivors of childhood abuse. She is not speaking about a single traumatic event