Arbeit an der Grenze / Working on the border

Summary Working on the border The confrontation with the terminal illness and death of a group member is a drastic experience for a therapy group. On the one hand, it mobilised forms of social support beyond the group framework in this therapy example, which raises questions about the work on what Foulkes once called the "border zone" of group therapy. On the other hand, this experience challenged us to deal with basic existential issues on the border between life and death, such as fear of loneliness, death and dying. And it catalyses development-limiting conflicts such as survivor's guilt, fear of changes in the group, etc., which thus become accessible for processing.