The Median Group
De Mare's Median Group (12-30 members) is a development of the Foulkes small group
It is large enough to represent society and small enough to allow people to express themselves and to promote individuation. It is a transitional space for getting out of the kinship (the narcissistic family) and getting into the kitship (the citizenship-society).(Rocco Pisani 1990) or in
DE Mare word's (1990): " in de median group we move beyond the personal and familial, entering the sociocultural domain where we explore our social myths (that is, the social unconscious) the aim is not so much to socialize individuals as to humanize society…"
The essence of the Median Group is free-floating dialogue. The purpose is to achieve individuation in a developed atmosphere of social interaction by exchange and ego-self training in action. (Rocco Pisani 1990). Unconscious aspects of the self are discovered through interaction and dialogue with others- with the representatives of the society and her culture.
It is large enough to represent society and small enough to allow people to express themselves and to promote individuation. It is a transitional space for getting out of the kinship (the narcissistic family) and getting into the kitship (the citizenship-society).(Rocco Pisani 1990) or in
DE Mare word's (1990): " in de median group we move beyond the personal and familial, entering the sociocultural domain where we explore our social myths (that is, the social unconscious) the aim is not so much to socialize individuals as to humanize society…"
The essence of the Median Group is free-floating dialogue. The purpose is to achieve individuation in a developed atmosphere of social interaction by exchange and ego-self training in action. (Rocco Pisani 1990). Unconscious aspects of the self are discovered through interaction and dialogue with others- with the representatives of the society and her culture.