Principles of group therapy: Existential psychoanalyst Irvin Yalom identified eleven
principals that underpin group therapy:
Catharsis:
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the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or
repressed emotions. Sharing feelings and experiences with group members
can help relieve pain, guilt or stress.
The expression of suppressed feelings, ideas, or events to other group members; the
sharing of personal secrets that ameliorates a sense of sin or guilt (also referred to as
selfdisclosure).
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, ventilation
The group recreates the family of origin for some members who can work through
conflicts psychologically through group interaction (e.g., sibling rivalry, anger toward
parents)
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Corrective familial experience
A process by which repressed material, particularly a painful experience or conflict, is
brought back to consciousness. During the process, the person not only recalls, but
also relives the material, which is accompanied by the appropriate emotional
response; insight usually results from the experience
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Abreaction
The act of one member's being of help to another; putting another person's need
before one's own and learning that there is value in giving to others. The term was
originated by Auguste Comte (1798-1857), and Freud believed it was a major factor in
establishing group cohesion and community feeling.
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, altruism
Approaches to Family Therapy: which approach believes that dysfunctional family
patterns are deeply embedded in the family and are maintained and perpetuated by
family members' actions and attempts to solve the problem
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strategic family therapy
Which diagnoses/clients would not benefit from or are potentially disruptive to group
therapy?
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Paranoid, significant brain injury, acutely psychotic, delusional clients: may
incorporate the group into their delusions. Aggressive clients: may pose
threats to others
The free and open exchange of ideas and feelings among group members; effective
interaction is emotionally charged.
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Interaction
principals that underpin group therapy:
Catharsis:
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the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or
repressed emotions. Sharing feelings and experiences with group members
can help relieve pain, guilt or stress.
The expression of suppressed feelings, ideas, or events to other group members; the
sharing of personal secrets that ameliorates a sense of sin or guilt (also referred to as
selfdisclosure).
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, ventilation
The group recreates the family of origin for some members who can work through
conflicts psychologically through group interaction (e.g., sibling rivalry, anger toward
parents)
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Corrective familial experience
A process by which repressed material, particularly a painful experience or conflict, is
brought back to consciousness. During the process, the person not only recalls, but
also relives the material, which is accompanied by the appropriate emotional
response; insight usually results from the experience
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Abreaction
The act of one member's being of help to another; putting another person's need
before one's own and learning that there is value in giving to others. The term was
originated by Auguste Comte (1798-1857), and Freud believed it was a major factor in
establishing group cohesion and community feeling.
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, altruism
Approaches to Family Therapy: which approach believes that dysfunctional family
patterns are deeply embedded in the family and are maintained and perpetuated by
family members' actions and attempts to solve the problem
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strategic family therapy
Which diagnoses/clients would not benefit from or are potentially disruptive to group
therapy?
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Paranoid, significant brain injury, acutely psychotic, delusional clients: may
incorporate the group into their delusions. Aggressive clients: may pose
threats to others
The free and open exchange of ideas and feelings among group members; effective
interaction is emotionally charged.
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Interaction
