A logical development was the emergence of the Institute of Group Analysis for the specific purpose of giving training in group therapy.

His chief interest was the practice and teaching of psychotherapy, with individuals, groups, families, couples and institutions.

This time I found it much more interesting, possibly because I have my time for non fiction now and also because I am in a better place in my life. But a few years later, I was aware of some behaviour from my children (I had two by this time) that kind of rang a bell with me, but I couldn't remember why it was happening.

If you are quite brave, getting on with your life, mixing quite well with different types of people, learning about life, going through the pain of life very naturally, this book will only add to the depth of your understanding. Um livro muito interessante sobre as terapias de grupo nomeadamente para fins de aconselhamento matrimonial. Skynner was intrigued by Foulkes, and by the early stages of the Therapeutic community movement, which was beginning to gather strength. Some bits are interesting - after reading it, I notice a lot more how couples seem to come from similar background even if the similarities aren't obvious. Overall, the book reminded me of my old day dream, in which one travels as a pilgrim to the temple of the God, sleeps in the temple overnight hoping for a significant dream - hopefully on that doesn't involve triangles, then on the way out of the temple in the morning you read the words know thyself over the doorway.Families and How to Survive Them may be said to have arisen from two sources – an earlier book, One Flesh, Separate Persons: Principles of Family and Marital Therapy (1976) by Skynner, and work carried out by Skynner at the Institute of Family Therapy in London in the 1970s. The book takes the form of a series of dialogues between Skynner, playing the role of therapist, and Cleese, who adopts the role of inquisitive lay person. Um livro com quase 30 anos mas com muitas coisas interessantes para vivermos a vida mais informados.

This book is written as an informal chat between Cleese and Skynner where they discuss how people's family influences who they choose as a partner and how that feeds on to how their new family functions once they have kids.One could take the view that in terms of time, money and convenience a three hundred page book is a considerable improvement on three and a half years in group therapy. The motivation behind it was to "make available to the general public, in a way that was easy to absorb, those aspects of psychological knowledge we had found most helpful ourselves towards making life more understandable, meaningful, and enjoyable".