ABSTRACT

This article addresses some of the group psychotherapy process issues involved in treating an ethno-religiously homogeneous population of Orthodox Jewish men using a case-study approach. The single-gender group, which consisted of two coleaders from the same community, occurred in a mental health clinic in Jerusalem, Israel. Eight community members attended the weekly 1.5-hour psychodynamic group meetings for a period of 5 years. Examples from those encounters illustrate three important concerns when working with a homogeneous religious group: (a) contagion and amplification of resistance to discussing taboo subjects based on religious principles; (b) indirect communication and the use of first-person plural pronouns and cliches; and (c) the shame and loneliness associated with nonconformity to religious and cultural expectations. Suggestions for clinical practice are provided based on the case study and existing literature about homogeneous groups in group psychotherapy and the treatment of Orthodox Jews.

摘要

本文讨论了一些案例研究方法，涉及治疗心理种族同质的东正教犹太男人群体中涉及的一些团体心理治疗问题。由来自同一社区的两名共同领导者组成的单性别小组发生在以色列耶路撒冷的一家精神卫生诊所。八名社区成员参加了为期5年的每周1.5小时心理动力小组会议。这些遭遇中的例子说明了与同一个宗教团体一起工作时的三个重要问题：（a）传播并扩大了对基于宗教原则讨论禁忌话题的讨论的抵制；（b）间接交流和使用第一人称复数代词和陈词滥调；（c）与不符合宗教和文化期望有关的耻辱和孤独。