ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN LEADING THERAPEUTIC AND QUASI-THERAPEUTIC GROUPS: ENCOUNTER AND SENSITIVITY GROUPS

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  • PAUL HUREWITZ Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12926/41w59z43

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QUASI-THERAPEUTIC

Abstract

Many ethical issues have been raised with the proliferation and mushrooming of new group approaches in the field. There is a need to clarify these ethical issues so we can move ahead with new explorations, and yet protect people from being hurt or manipulated in the process

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2025-01-14

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Vol. 23 No. 1-2 (1970): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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