THE NEQUIPOS COLLUSION WITH THE PATIENTS FAMILY-OF-ORIGIN IN ANALYTICGROUP-PSYCHOTHERAPY

When the analytic group is led by individuals paired for educational r easons, that is, by a supervisor and his or her student, the difficult y in conducting the group becomes magnified. Such teams are called neq uipos and it is hypothesized that they will not function optimally unt il the latter phases of their development. The authors describe the mi stakes they made as early nequipos in their treatment of one patient i n group psychotherapy.