Abstract
Abstract This article describes a program for working with acting students in groups and examines qualities of actors' lives as well as professional issues for them. Recommendations are made for counselors working with actors in a university setting. Dealing with the qualities of an actor's life just enumerated, as well as confronting the demands of acting as a career, seems to be best accomplished in a group setting. The group allows individuals to examine their behavior in relation to other actors. If leaders are sensitive to negative comparisons they can help individuals understand how the process of self-depreciation works. Although groups do provide an excellent breeding ground for paranoia (Mann, 1974), they are also fine situations for gaining support and discovering that one is not alone. The leader can help to encourage a climate of support. This is very important because actors must discover ways of creating support systems, which is difficult when life is lived as a nomad. The creation of these...
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