Therapeutic Factors in an Adolescent Psychodrama Group
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One of the issues that still needs clarification in psychotherapy in general and in group psychotherapy in particular relates to factors that effect change. In an attempt to determine these factors, Yalom (1985) developed a list of therapeutic factors emerging out of group psychotherapy that has been used widely in different therapeutic groups. This research focuses upon the adolescent patient's perceptions of the therapeutic factors considered primary during a group psychodrama process. The Therapeutic Factors List of Yalom was given to members of an adolescent group following the 10th and the 20th sessions. A comparison of these two different samples
revealed a stability in the categories from Session 10 to Session 20 for the total group and differences in factors considered primary for males and females. The male categories changed from the 10th to the 20th sessions whereas those of females did not.
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