The unconscious at work : individual and organizational stress in the human services /

Corporate Author: Tavistock Clinic "Consulting to Institutions" Workshop.
Other Authors: Obholzer, Anton,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Conceptual framework
  • Some unconscious aspects of organizational life : contributions from psychoanalysis
  • The unconscious at work in groups and teams : contributions from the work of Wilfred Bion
  • The organization at work : contributions from open systems theory
  • Authority, power and leadership : contributions from group relations training. pt. 2. Working with people in pain
  • The dangers of contagion : projective identification processess in institutions
  • Attending to emotional issues on a special care baby unit
  • Containing anxiety in work with damaged children
  • Till death us do part : caring and uncaring in work with the elderly
  • Fragmentation and integration in a school for physically handicapped children
  • Working with dying people : on being good enough
  • Where angels fear to tread : idealism, despondency and inhibition of thought in hospital nursing
  • The self-assigned impossible task. pt. 3. Institutions in crisis
  • Institutional chaos and personal stress
  • The troublesome individual and the troubled institution
  • Facing an uncertain future
  • Finding a voice : differentiation, representation and empowerment in organizations under threat
  • Asking for help : staff support and sensitivity groups re-viewed
  • pt. 4. Towards healthier organizations
  • Managing social anxieties in public sector organizations
  • Balancing care and control : the supervisory relationship as a focus for promoting organizational health
  • Conflict and collaboration : managing intergroup relations
  • Evaluation : organizations learning from experience.