Abstract
The “ecology of participation,” a conceptual approach to relationships between spatial orders and social interaction, is used to analyze changes in behavior patterns in group counseling sessions in a psychiatric halfway house. Through alterations in seating arrangements, substantial and fairly rapid improvements in the level of participation, risk-taking, and degree of group control were observed. The transformations in group and individual behavior are discussed in terms of their implications for improving the therapeutic value of group work, and it is concluded that small group ecological variables must be taken into account as significant elements of group counseling.
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