In the course of group analytic psychotherapy, where we discovered the power of the therapeutic effects, there occurred the need of group analytic psychotherapy researches. Psychotherapeutic work in general, and group psychotherapy in particular, are hard to measure and put into some objective frames. Researches, i. e. measuring of changes in psychotherapy is a complex task, and there are large...

ment " make fascinating reading. The author expressly disclaims that his method is meant to supersede orthodox psychoanalysis: it is rather a complementary approach which touches upon the patient's adjustment to social realities in a way which the privacy of the individual analytic procedure inevitably misses. The method employs, in a group setting, the same " tools "? free association, underst...

The Royal College of Psychiatrists classifies group psychotherapy as required experience for psychotherapy training as part of general psy chiatric training (Grant et al, 1993). This is defined as group experience in in-patient and/ or out-patient settings, with an experienced cotherapist and/or supervision. Previous surveys estimate that the percentage of trainees gaining such experience range...

Intervention 30 weeks of trauma-focused group psychotherapy, delivered weekly in groups comprising 6 people, plus 5 booster sessions at monthly intervals, versus control intervention of present-centred comparison treatment. In the trauma focused therapy group, each participant received 2 sessions dedicated to their own trauma; and had to listen to an audiotape of these sessions at least 8 times...

Hofmann, Asmundson, & Beck (2013--this issue) offer an overview of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) as well as its similarities and differences from so-called "third-generation" behavior therapies, particularly Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In this commentary we suggest that CBT is most accurately viewed as a broad family of distinct psychotherapy models that includes the traditional...

OBJECTIVE Psychotherapeutic intervention combined with pharmacotherapy is helpful for achieving remission of depressive disorder. We developed and tested the effect of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)-based psychotherapy applied in a forest environment on major depressive disorder. METHODS We performed 4 sessions during 4 weeks (3 hours/session) in patients with major depressive disorder duri...

er,?aged in leading a therapy group are given answers, deriving from the authors' ^Periences. The result is something like a cookery book; it promises to be a godsend 0 those embarking on a new adventure. Inevitably, the book speaks with more ^thority than is justified; as meticulous evaluation of many of the technical procures advocated is at present beyond our skill, established usage, more o...