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Choice of
treatment when the patient can benefit from structured interpersonal encounters, is
socially isolated, able to listen to and learn from other’s experiences or needs
structure and role modeling. |
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Organic mental
impairment, sensory deficits (severe hard of hearing), psychosis and physical illness
(pain) may limit a patient’s capacity to function, tolerate or benefit form group
therapy and can negatively influence the group process. |
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Behavior adjustments that
each participant makes because they are in the group is known as the "group
process". |
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Yalom cites altruism,
cohesiveness, interpersonal learning, guidance, catharsis, identification, insight, and
hope as some of the "curative factors" of group therapy. |
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The goal of each group is
for therapeutic change to occur (mostly in interpersonal behavior) as a result of the
personal encounters among the group members, including the leaders. |
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There are many types of
groups, task, process, goal centered, insight-oriented, each with different goals. |
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Partial hospitalization
programs are effective means to re-socialize the depressed person, receive feedback from
others and to get educated in healthy living techniques (peer pressure is effective even
at an advanced age). |
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Treatment programs can
meet from 1 to 5 days per week. |
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Traditional group
therapies generally meet once a week, some are closed groups and are time limited and
others are open and extended. |
