Foreword / Joseph Lichtenberg -- Preface / Irene Harwood -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction / John Schlapobersky -- The prenate and neonate in group -- Shared experiences : the prenatal relational model and group process / Paula Thomson -- Facilitating secure attachment : integrating infant observation studies, attachment, trauma, and neurobiology in clinical interventions / Irene Harwood -- Couples and the family in group -- Sustained empathic focus, intersubjectivity, and intimacy in the treatment of couples / Martin Livingston -- Relationship-focused group therapy to improve neuropsychological self-regulation in couples and individuals / Gloria Batkin Kahn & Darryl Feldman -- Working intersubjectively with the adult family as a group / Barbara Feld -- Group theory, technique, and application -- The curative fantasy as a protective function in group psychotherapy / Walter Stone -- Sustained empathic focus and the clinical application of self-psychological theory in group -- Psychotherapy / Martin Livingston and Louisa Livingston -- The therapeutic work of the group : finding the self through finding the other / Rosemary Segalla -- Working with trauma -- A psychology of the self perspective on working with trauma in group psychotherapy / Emanuel Shapiro -- Post-traumatic stress disorder and addictive disorders : the effects of group interaction on affect, state, intimacy, and isolation / Judy McLaughlin-Ryan -- Our bodies are connected : using somatic techniques in group psychotherapy to process trauma and increase resilience / Vivian Gold & Jane van Loon -- Group process and artistic applications -- Movement and mindedness : dance as a group process / Paula Thomson -- A playful approach to group therapy education / Robert Schulte & Mary Dluhy -- Afterword / Malcolm Pines.