‘What a refreshing and reassuring book for group psychotherapists! This collection of Jerome Gans’ most important papers confirms his unique ability not only to pinpoint the difficulties that beset us all as group therapists but to bring humour, wisdom and compassion to the discussion. Resolutely determined to leave behind the strictures of theory, he confronts the deepest human paradoxes in which our weaknesses are often our strengths and our difficulties are vital signposts of development. The book pulsates with a sense of Yalom’s ‘universality’: we are all in it together, therapists and patients alike. Readers will learn and enjoy, returning to their groups with renewed curiosity and courage.’
– Morris Nitsun, PhD, Consultant clinical psychologist Camden and Islington NHS Trust, training analyst (Institute of Group Analysis, London)