Group Therapy
Submitted by detdaryl on May 11, 2008
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Group therapy is a psychotherapy in which clients meet regularly to interact and help each other achieve insight into their feelings and behavior. Group therapy is very diverse. Psychologists use group therapy for many different types of psychological problems, concerns, and disorders. Group therapy is designed to provide the person seeking counseling with social support to work through their problems.
There are several different was of holding group therapy sessions and they focus on many different things. Some groups are more general in focus, with goals related to improving overall life satisfaction and effective life functioning, especially in the area of relationships. Members of these groups will have varying backgrounds, and varying psychological issues that they bring to the treatment group. The psychologist will select group members who are likely to interact in...