Freud' s work on cultural theory and 'mass psychology' and his insights into group behaviour
and the unconscious relationship between leaders and followers paved the way for fruitful
involvement of psychoanalysis in the dynamics and counselling of individuals groups and
organizations. This introductory textbook shows the ways in which coaching supervision and
organizational counselling as forms of psychodynamic counselling can contribute to greater
understanding and room for manoeuvre within organizations. The authors vividly illustrate the
way in which psychoanalytically oriented consultants and managers can use the basic elements of
psychoanalytic working methods in their approach to their work: transference and
countertransference abstinence and containment. This edition also discusses phenomena such as
'new work' agility life balance the 'war for talents' and mentalization in counselling.
