AN EVALUATION OF THE GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPIST'S ROLE IN THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS

Abstract

To begin, let us consider an illustration from a therapy group composed of six adults seeking help with their personal problems. This group met together with a psychotherapist for two hours once a week. In the group were a husband and wife, a recently married young woman, two men, University students, and a young single woman. The illustrative incident concerns an interaction between the wife and the young married woman and occurred during the ninth meeting of the group. I'll refer to the wife as Mrs.  John Brown and to the young married woman as Stella.