GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY AS A WAY OF LIFE

Abstract

A large group of institutionalized patients is in need of a group psychotherapy program rather than one or two therapy groups. This becomes evident even as new patients arrive to enter group psychotherapy. In the program discussed here, patients are first seen in an orientation group to determine the participation in group therapy. Groups are differentiated into active and semi-active therapy groups. Some cases are introduced into individual or combined individual-group therapy. There is a tendency to encompass all patients capable of being treated into some form of group therapy. These decisions are arrived at by the patients and the therapist who is concerned about the amount of treatment to be administered.