Honouring complexity: A response to Sigmund Karterud’s ‘Reflections on research and group analysis’
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: In this response to Sigmund Karterud’s article ‘Some reflections on research and group analysis’ (2025), I try to explore the important role of empirical research in the evolution of group analysis while raising questions about what might be lost when depth-oriented clinical traditions are reshaped in the image of modern evidence-based standards. While Karterud makes a compelling case for increased measurement, structure, and accountability in the field, I argue for a parallel commitment to preserving the relational, symbolic, and subjective dimensions of group work, those which may resist full operationalization but are central to the therapeutic process. I hope that this paper will invite a dialogue across generational, methodological, and epistemological fractions within the group analytic community.
Source: Group Analysis
Author: Mia Wanvik Stenersen
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7128492012
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