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Beyond Emotional Intelligence at Work:: Adding Insight to Injury Through Group Psychotherapy

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The author applies the popular concept of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to the group treatment of work problems. Adding psychodynamic insight to the existing EQ dimension of understanding emotions and utilizing emotional awareness, helps patients improve their reactions to problematic situations and individuals. By focusing on discordant episodes that arise in group, the author employs a systematic approach to identifying unconscious contributors to diminished job performance. Methods for assessing deficits in EQ and for processing relevant group discords are described. Clinical illustrations are provided.

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  1. Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, New York

    Jeffrey L. Kleinberg

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Kleinberg, J.L. Beyond Emotional Intelligence at Work:: Adding Insight to Injury Through Group Psychotherapy. Group 24, 261–278 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026660409033

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