Patrick De Mare

Dr Patrick Baltzar de Maré (27 January 1916 – 17 February 2008) was a consultant psychotherapist with a special interest in group psychotherapy. He has published several works on psychotherapy.

Pat De Mare was born in London, the son of B E A de Mare who was of Swedish origin. He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Wellington College and Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He trained for medicine at St George's Hospital and qualified as a doctor in 1941. He enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1942, and was trained for Army psychiatry by Rickman and Wilfred Bion at Northfield Hospital. He ran an Exhaustion Centre throughout the European campaign, [ Roger Chickering, Stig Förster "The Shadows of Total War: Europe, East Asia, and the United States" Cambridge University Press 2003 ISBN 0521812364 ] at the end of which he returned to "Northfield Hospital", where he joined S. H. Foulkes and Tom Main in the "Northfield experiment".

After World War II he became a Consultant Psychotherapist at St George's Hospital. In 1952 he set up the Group Analytic Society with Foulkes, and later he participated in setting up the Institute of Group Analysis and the Group Analytic Practice. He also worked with Benaim and Lionel Kreeger at Halliwick Hospital, the short-lived therapeutic community.

In 1972 he published "Perspectives in Group Psychotherapy" and in 1974 Lionel Kreeger and he published "Introduction to Group Treatment in Psychiatry" , which was dedicated to the patients and staff at Halliwick Hospital.

In 1975 he started a large group under the auspices of the Institute of Group Analysis; in 1976 he was joined by Robin Piper. That 'large' group settled down to a steady membership of about 20 members and became a 'median' group. In 1984 he launched a weekly seminar on large groups that, in 1986, became part of a recognised large group section of the Group Analytic Society. He worked for many years at the Group Analytic Practice in London.

"Patrick De Mare" devoted his skills to the practice of group psychotherapy, starting in the traditional small group psychotherapeutic setting, but progressing towards the experience and application of large groups, and later still developing his main interest of the median group. David Bohm underwent psychotherapy with de Mare and was heavily influenced by his work. [David Bohm, F. David Peat "Science Order and Creativity" Routledge 2000 ISBN 0415171822 ] [F. David Peat "Pathways of Chance" Pari Publishing 2007 ISBN 8890196017 ]

He was also a musician who played the accordion and often performed in Hampstead cafes and restaurants and social gatherings.

After a long and debilitating illness resulting from a street accident he eventually dies from pneumonia at the age of 92.

Publications

*"Perspectives in Group Psychotherapy" Allen & Unwin 1972
*"Introduction to Group Treatment in Psychiatry" Butterworth 1974 - with Lionel Kreeger
*"La historia del grupo grande y sus fenómenos en relación a la psicoterapia de grupo analítica / The History of Large Group phenomena in relation to group analytic psychotherapy" Spanish & English. Two colums side by side. Grup d'Anàlis Barcelona, 1988, 40 pgs & Bibliogr.
*"Koinonia: From Hate through Dialogue to Culture in the Larger Group." Karnac Books 1991
*"A Case for Mind" Group Analysis, Vol 37; NUMB 3, September 2003 - with Roberto SchollbergerAuthor Blackwell, D. Journal title GROUP ANALYSIS Bibliographic details 2004,

References

*Lyndon, B. (2000). "The Telos of Patrick de Maré: A Survey of Ideas and Implications." Group Analysis; 33: 119-141.
*Pines, M. (2000). "Shepherding Group Analysis: Shepherds Past, Present and Future." Group, Volume 24, Number 1, pp. 49-57.

External links

* [http://www.duversity.org/patrick_demare.htm The DuVersity]