Violence in America

Group therapists reflect on causes and solutions

Robert Klein, Victor Schermer, Robert H. Klein, Victor L. Schermer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781315315546
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Violence is a growing problem in American society, and hardly a day goes by that we don't hear about yet another heart-wrenching episode of mass violence. Such events, unfortunately, are only the most public manifestation of violence in America. The full nature and extent of daily violence, the various and pervasive forms it takes, and the enormous social, emotional, moral, and economic consequences that result, remain largely outside of our awareness. More importantly, our ability to identify the root causes and know how best to effectively intervene remains limited.

Most investigations in this field have focused on the individual psychodynamic characteristics of the perpetrators. The underlying group dynamic factors that include consideration of broader social, cultural, socioeconomic, and historical variables have received less attention. This volume brings together for the first time a collection of distinguished group psychotherapists, all of whom have been trained to recognize both individual psychodynamic characteristics and group dynamic factors, to apply the lessons learned through years of clinical practice to arrive at a deeper understanding of the etiology, treatment, and prevention of violence. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Citation Information
• 1. Toward Understanding and Treating Violence in America: Some Contributions From Group Dynamic and Group Therapy Perspectives – Introduction to Part I
• 2. Violence, Threat, and Emotional “Malnourishment”: An Interview With Dr. Dan Gottlieb
• 3. A Group Therapist Reflects on Violence in America
• 4. The Dangerous Role of Silence in the Relationship Between Trauma and Violence: A Group Response
• 5. There’s Always a Villain to Punish: Group Processes Contributing to Violence and Its Remediation
• 6. Voices of Violence Video Series
• 7. Toward Understanding and Treating Violence in America: Some Contributions From Group Dynamic and Group Therapy Perspectives – Introduction to Part II
• 8. Group Process as a Mechanism of Change in the Group Treatment of Anger and Aggression
• 9. Multi-tiered Group Therapy Model to Identify and Treat the Root Causes of Domestic Violence: A Proposal Integrating Current Social Neuroscience Findings
• 10. Terrorism and Right-Wing Extremism: The Changing Face of Terrorism and Political Violence in the 21st Century: The Virtual Community of Hatred
• 11. Commentary on “Toward Understanding and Treating Violence in America: Some Contributions From Group Dynamic and Group Therapy Perspectives”
• 12. Commentary on “Toward Understanding and Treating Violence in America: Some Contributions From Group Dynamic and Group Therapy Perspectives”
• Index