Group Therapy

Paper Summary:

It is relatively easy to conceive of setting up a therapy group; there are many people who could benefit, too many, arguably, to see all of them as much as they need to be seen in individual settings. This paper examines how aside from that, research has shown that groups can deliver a different sort of care and help from that of individual practice. It discusses how it is not simply a matter of setting aside a space and a time and promoting the group and how there are a number of considerations beyond those simple ones, including the therapeutical basis on which the group is to be run, the composition of the group, whether the group is a perpetual or time-limited group and more.

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Theories of Group Therapy
Middle Ground Between Theory and Practice
Practical Considerations
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Indeed, there is even theory regarding which sorts of problems group therapy applies to best. One research study that was devoted to investigating the outcome of group therapy reported that although group therapy was generally effective, there were conditions that were not as well-suited to group therapy work. The study maintained that "it was not possible to recommend them (therapy groups) as routine prophylactic mental health practice because the control population also did extremely well: bereavement, in the great majority of instances, is a self-limited process" (Vinogradov & Yalom 1989). It could be concluded, therefore, that as grief is self-limiting, there would be no purpose served by a bereaved individual joining a therapy group."

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