Reflections on Race Reflections Foundation Course in Group Analysis and suggestions on how to prepare for an application

In today's episode Guilaine reflects on what she has learnt from the first year of this course and offers some advice for how people might prepare for the course, particularly for people who are new to analytic thinking and practice.She hadn’t necessarily anticipated that such a broad range of people that would be attracted to applying, which enriches the conversation and the group for all parties, but also brings some challenges. So some preparation for applicants who come from outside of mental health and psychotherapy may be helpful.She considers that even though the course being primarily online helps make it accessible there are a few elements involved in it being online that can be challenging and she reflects on those areas and how to overcome these challenges.People who are coming to group analytic thinking and practice for the first time are not necessarily familiar with the role that the unconscious plays within that, and so some preparation around could be helpful. Similarly reflecting on reflectivity and the self will be required. And preparation for the way that group analysis by design is unstructured.If you are interested in being a part of the next cohort of this course that will be beginning in January this episode should be useful for you. Also if you have issues do feel free to reach out to Guilaine about them. And if you want to be a part of it do apply as soon as you can as places are limited and will be allocated in order of application.Contact Guilaine at [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.