Students in group analytic psychotherapy training are invited to submit an unpublished original paper integrating theoretical material with clinical issues, paying attention to confidentiality and consent to publication.
An international panel of group analysts will judge the papers. The reading panel includes: Professor Elizabeth Rohr from Germany, Ivan Urlich from Croatia, Goran Ahlin from Sweden, Ido Peleg from Israel and Anne Holmes from the UK.
GUIDELINES: Papers may have been submitted to the student’s institution during the course of training, but must not have been published elsewhere, or be under consideration for publication.
Essays should be a maximum of 5,000 words (not including the reference list). They should be typed, double-spaced and submitted electronically. References should be in the order of the author date, title, place and publication together with details of volume and pages or city: publisher.
New this year: in order to encourage wider participation in the competition, funds will be made available from GASIF for professional translation should an essay in a language other than English be selected as the winning entry. If you are writing in another language, please submit a Deep L translated English version at the same time.
PLEASE NOTE: the name of the student should not appear in the essay but should appear on a separate document with address, telephone number, email, institute of training and the title of the paper and should be accompanied by an email from the institute confirming your student status. Essays will not be returned and those over length cannot be considered.
Please submit your paper by email to Linde Wotton, Chair Scientific Committee, GASI, via e-mail: linde.wotton@icloud.com
Closing date for entries: 30th September 2023 . The competition is run on a biennial basis
Previous recipients 0f the prize:
2013 – Yael Doron: ‘Primary Maternal Preoccupation in the Group Analytic Group’
2013 – Val Parker: ‘An Exploration of the Concept of the Social Unconscious and its Application to Clinical Understanding’
2015 – Corina Grace: ‘Endings and Loss in Mergers and Acquisitions: an exploration of group analytic theory’
2016 – Connie Geyer: ‘The Social Unconscious in action: Linking theory to group work with young adults’
2017 – Stephen McBride: ‘Hopelessly devoted to you. An examination of Winnicott’s concept of primary maternal preoccupation in the identity and practice of male group analysts.’
2019 – Alasdair Forrest and Suryia Nayak: ‘Should I stay or should I go? Group-analytic training: inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position.’