The Estonian Society for Group Analysis is a professional non-profit organization founded in 2004 by individuals who completed the basic training in group analysis.
Our goal is to unite professionals engaged in group analysis and to support and promote professional activities in this field.
Today, the society has 13 members who apply the group analysis method in various mental health areas.
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EGAS members have completed 3- and 5-year training programs, earning the qualifications of Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapist and Group Analyst, respectively. In the fall of 2014, six society members defended their Group Analyst qualifications at the Department of Psychiatry’s Continuing Education program at Vilnius University’s Faculty of Medicine.
EGAS Cooperation with International Professional Organizations
The European Group Analytic Training Institutions Network (E.G.A.T.I.N.) is a network of European group analysis training organizations, aimed at organizing and coordinating training activities. EGAS has been a member of E.G.A.T.I.N. since 2005. E.G.A.T.I.N. website
The European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) is the European Association of Psychotherapies. In 2010, the Estonian Association of Psychotherapies (EPTA) was established, which unites various psychotherapy modalities in Estonia and is also a member organization of EAP. EGAS is a member organization of EPTA. EAP website
The European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP) connects practitioners of adult, child and adolescent, group, and family psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In the spring of 2012, EGAS was accepted as a member of the group section of this organization. EFPP website
The Estonian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EPPA) unites organizations involved in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Estonia. EPPA website
Group analysis originated in England after World War II, then moved to Germany and from there to the Scandinavian countries. The aim of the Baltic Training Project in Group Analysis (BTPGA) was to introduce the method of group analysis and provide method-based competence to mental health professionals in the Baltic countries. It also aimed to train, supervise, and create a cooperation network for specialists in various applications and fields of group analysis, such as social work, education, medicine, psychotherapy, and organizational consulting.
The first introductory course in group analysis was conducted in Vilnius in 1995-1996, in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of Group Analysis (Oslo) and the Lithuanian Group Psychotherapy Association, for psychologists and psychiatrists from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The course was supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Health, Vilnius University, the Lithuanian Medical and Psychiatric Association, and the Nordic Psychiatric Association’s Baltic subcommittee; the course was funded by the Norwegian Council for Mental Health.
The first introductory course in group analysis for mental health professionals in the Baltic States was conducted by members of the Norwegian Institute of Group Analysis: Steinar Lorentzen, Tore Sørli, and Kjersty Lyngstad. The project had 31 participants, of whom 29 successfully completed the course, including psychologists (with an MA qualification) and psychiatrists (MD).
For those interested in the structure, outcomes, and evaluation of the BTPGA project, please refer to Lorentzen S., et al. (1998). Block training in Group Psychotherapy in the Baltic States in Group Analysis. Group Analysis, Vol. 31, No. 3.
In 1998, group analysis training in Estonia was initiated by Lithuanian group analysts Eugenius Laurinaitis and Erna Petkute, who had received their training and accreditation at the Heidelberg Institute of Group Analysis. Later, Vidmantas Stulpinas also joined them. The Estonian training sessions were conducted from 1998 to 2001 by the Vilnius Psychotherapy Training Center and from 2002 to 2005 by the Continuing Education Department of the Psychiatry Department at Vilnius University Medical Faculty.
The language of instruction for group analysis training in Estonia was Russian.
In the autumn of 2014, six members of the society (Aili Maar, Irina Nelissova, Anneli Kaldoja, Kaie Palmet, Eda Mölder, and Dimitri Listopad) defended their group analyst qualifications at the Continuing Education Department of the Psychiatry Department at Vilnius University Medical Faculty.
