Group Therapy Techniques Research Articles

The use of groups in the rehabilitation of amputees.

There is a complex interplay between physical and emotional factors in the rahabilitative process after amputation of a limb. Although this is recognized by those working in the field of rehabilitation medicine, an overview of the literature indicates that there is comparatively little psychosocial research, education, and innovative programming. The authors have initiated such a program and have incorporated it into the routine of an inpatient amputee unit. The approach involves the utilization of basic techniques of supportive group therapy in the discussion of recurrent themes which have emerged as major concerns among amputees. Experiences amputees help new patients to anticipate potentially stressful situations, thus encouraging increased reliance. Having professionals present allows for the clarifying of medical and/or technical issues and the group setting provides a relaxes atmosphere conducive to educative discussion of physical and psychosocial concerns.

The Art and Technique of Analytic Group Therapy

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessThe Art and Technique of Analytic Group TherapyJAY W. FIDLERJAY W. FIDLERSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.5.637AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "The Art and Technique of Analytic Group Therapy." American Journal of Psychiatry, 135(5), p. 637 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByNone Volume 135Issue 5 May 1978Pages 637-637 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 May 1978

Group psychotherapy for medical patients

The view that physical and mental health are reciprocally and inseparably related is well accepted today. Physicians in almost all specialties are confronted daily with patients for whom no organic cause for presenting symptoms is discernible, patients whose emotional reactions aggravate existing physical disorders, and patients whose impaired physical functioning frequently result in reduced psychologic functioning. In 1905, Dr. Joseph Pratt, a Boston internist, recognized the psychologic component in somatic disease and included group therapy techniques in his treatment of tuberculosis patients. Although these group meetings had a primarily educational and inspirational focus. Pratt felt that group members found a “common bond in a common disease”, and firmly believed that the group experience contributed to the overall success of his treatment regime. Since Pratt's classic 1907 paper, 1several reviews have reported advances in the use of group psychotherapy in nonpsychiatric medical settings. Thomas's 2 1943 review of the group therapy field reported in detail on Pratt's followers and others who extended group psychotherapeutic methods to patients in medical settings. Stein 3 updated Thomas's review and also discussed relevant theoretic issues such as the unique advantages of group psychotherapy in the treatment of psychosomatic illnesses. This article will present studies published since Stein's review within a conceptual context that focuses on therapeutic ingredients of group treatment procedures for patients with ongoing medical problems. In addition, difficulties with leading such groups, and the necessity of more systematic research will be discussed.

Review of The art and technique of analytic group therapy.

Review of The art and technique of analytic group therapy.

Therapeutic Group Process with the Institutional Elderly

This paper reviews the status of geriatric group psychotherapy and the experience with such programs at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged. Specific ways are suggested for enhancing the administration of group psycho-therapy programs in the geriatric institutional setting. Group therapy techniques adapted to the specialized needs of the aged are of definite therapeutic benefit.

Some implications of variations in techniques of group therapy for social controls.

Variations in techniques of group psychotherapy are related to the clients' ego strength. Clients with developmental or pathological ego deficit have different needs for social controls than those with good ego endowment. This paper illustrates differential use of such controls in three areas. 1. Constacy of the treatment milieu as a frame of reference: For patients with good ego endowment, time and place of group meetings should be kept constant to allow them to look inwards and permit experience of feelings hitherto avoided. A patient is described who, following a break-through of feelings in the group, attempted to disrupt the therapy by usurping control over time and place of sessions. Holding time and place of group meetings constant allows patients with ego deficit to anticipate events and helps them build additional controls over impulses. Responses of borderline patients to changes in the treatment milieu are described. 2. Control of group interactions: Matching group members for ego strength is considered essential. Clinical vignettes illustrate contrasts in group interactions considered therapeutic for patients with ego deficit and those with good ego endowment. Techniques for the first group include ritualising the group process, emphasis on reality rather than fantasy and dilution of inter-patient rapport; techniques that aid patients with good ego endowment to relinquish pathological controls include support of basic questions concerning the individual's identity, free flow of fantasy, tolerance of tension, silences or strong ventilation of affect and facilitating observations from patients concerning the process of interaction. 3. Relationship to the leader: For patients with developmental or pathological ego deficit, it is essential that the therapist be ready to set limits and lend defences when the patient's controls fail. Patients with good ego endowment often have too much control. It follows that the therapist will intervene, clarify and provide structure in the first group much more frequently than in groups for psychoneurotics. For patients with ego deficit the relation to the therapist may have to be moderated lest it further weaken ego boundaries. Such patients often need personal distance. Transference to the institution, to the treatment milieu and to the group as a concrete object provides these patients with a natural means of distancing relationships. The therapist should attempt to fit into this series. He should be highly visible in the benign exercise of his professional function. Rapport should be kept stable and primarily positive even after termination of treatment. In contrast, groups of patients with good ego endowment may relate to the therapist more intensively if he is less visible. These patients, unless they can move back and forth between positive and negative rapport, can hardly be said to be working. They will often attempt to control rapport with the therapist by splitting the transference...

POI Outcomes in Studies of Growth Groups: A Selected Review

With the growing application of personal-growth-group techniques to the enhance ment of intra- and inter-personal actualizing, a great deal of speculative literature has been generated concerning the possible benefits or damage to the participants. Only recently have the results of a number of studies provided objective evidence concerning the effects of group-therapy techniques. Such studies are, in part, the result of the comparatively recent availability of relevant personality measures sensitive to the measurement of change, including the Personal Orientation In ventory (POI). The article summarizes and integrates the major findings from these studies. The evidence is that positive change from pre- to post-test administrations of the POI are significant for participants in growth-group experiences.

Caring for relatives of stroke patients.

The methods used by the Rehabilitation Unit of the Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, to involve relatives of stroke patients in the rehabilitation process are outlined. The use of group therapy techniques for relatives is described and the issues commonly encountered are discussed. The value of the group meetings for relatives and staff is emphasized.

Time-extended group therapy sessions in a remote setting.

This preliminary report draws attention to an innovative group therapy technique that may be beneficial to couples with sexual and emotional difficulties and that may lend itself to more intensive, effective treatment of shorter duration than traditional modes of marital therapy. The authors caution, however, that it should be attempted only by well-trained therapists with a stable working relationship and only with a cohesive, mutually supportive group.

A multidisciplinary seminar for training in group work.

As part of the staff development program at Kentucky's Eastern State Hospital, a five-session seminar was designed to teach group therapy techniques. It features lectures and small-group discussions on four types of groups: goal-oriented, supportive, confrontative, and psychotherapeutic. The discussions simulate the four types of groups, to show how the roles of leader and members differ in each. After completing the seminar, the trainees, who include nonprofessional ward personnel, gain experience by serving as co-therapists for patient groups.

Counter-playing: a group therapy technique.

The author describes a technique he calls counter-playing, derived from the role of the alter-ego in psychodrama. The therapist, as the counter-player, mimics the posture and actions of his subject and, after developing empathy the subject (which takes about five minutes), speaks for the person, expressing thoughts the subject has some reason been unable to express. The author finds this technique very useful in resolving impasses and freeing the therapy or group process to move along.

Mural Group: Integration of Projective Drawings with Standard Verbal Group Therapy Techniques

The general procedure for using patient-produced murals in group therapy is outlined, and the process is described as it relates to the interaction of one typical group of hospitalized patients. The technique's application to nonhospitalized patients is discussed, along with recommendations for further research into this innovative area of psychotherapy.

Appliation of behavior principles to group therapy techniques with juvenile delinquents.

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of token reinforcement on the quantity and quality of verbalization in a therapy group of 5 delinquent boys. Ss were reinforced with poker chips for units of verbalization and for certain types of verbalization. The chips were exchanged for candy, money, or phone calls at the end of each session. Verbal behavior was reinforced for 19 of the 25 therapy sessions. Results indicated an increase over baseline rate in the quantity and quality of verbalization.

Predicting verbal participation in group therapy.

This study was conducted at an out-patient clinic employing group therapy techniques, where some workers felt that a balance between frequent participators and more silent members was advantageous to the group as a whole. As Taylor (1961) has observed, frequent speakers tend to withdraw from groups if not given enough scope for participation. Very silent members sometimes have difficulty in establishing themselves at all, yet the lack of even one active member may lead to a decline in group morale, hence in motivation to continue treatment.

Goals and techniques of transitory group therapy.

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessGoals and Techniques of Transitory Group TherapyWilliam G. CraryWilliam G. CrarySearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.19.12.389AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail PDFThis content is only available as a PDF. Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byNone Volume 19Issue 12 December 1968Pages 389-391 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 December 1968

Tape-a-Drama in Treating Alcoholics

A useful group therapy technique employed at the Florida Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center is “tape-a-drama.” A conflict situation (e.g. , marital or employment problems) is chosen and acted out by patients to a group of patients circled around the actors. This is recorded and then played back to the group for discussion in which the actors themselves do not participate. In this way the problem is brought out into the open and examined and solutions are discussed. A special advantage is the ability to stop the taped record at significant places and to demonstrate nuances of expression by the actors which would otherwise go unnoticed or be forgotten. The majority of patients participate verbally. The technique is recommended for use with large groups.

Training of Non-Clinical Professionals in Group Therapy Techniques

Training of Non-Clinical Professionals in Group Therapy Techniques

Legal Frontiers in Prison Group Psychotherapy

The author is a member of the bar of the State of New York and holds a master's degree in sociology. He teaches sociology at Brooklyn College and is a research associate with the Columbia Bureau of Applied Social Research. Mr. Sternberg is the author of Synanon House-A Consideration Of Its Implications for American Correction, which was published in Volume 54 Number 4 of this Journal. The increasing reliance by prison psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers upon the use of group therapy and psychodrama techniques has led the author to raise new and provocative questions concerning the possible infringement upon the constitutional and civil rights of the prisoners who participate in such therapy programs.-EDITOR.

IV. A Family Group Therapy Technique for a Stalemate in Individual Treatment

IV. A Family Group Therapy Technique for a Stalemate in Individual Treatment

The Utilization of Cotherapists and of Group Therapy Techniques in a Family-Oriented Approach to a Disturbed Child

The Utilization of Cotherapists and of Group Therapy Techniques in a Family-Oriented Approach to a Disturbed Child