This study explored consultants’ experiences of transference and counter-transference when conducting group relations training from the systems psychodynamic stance. A phenomenological research design was used with semistructured interviews conducted on a purposive sample of 13 organisational development consultants in a financial institution. The data was analysed by means of content analysis....

education for consultants In March 2002 we ran the first of hopefully many courses aimed at the continuing educational needs of A&E consultants. The motivation for setting up such a course came from an acute awareness of our own educational needs which were not being fulfilled by courses we had attended around the country purporting to keep us up-to-date. Sue Mason, Alan Fletcher, and I attempt...