GROUP THERAPY AND THE TRAFFIC VIOLATORS

Abstract

In recent years group therapy methods have been applied increasingly to a wide range of human problems and groups previously thought relatively inaccessible to therapeutic intervention. This paper has been prepared to report the author's experience with the use of group therapy methods in the rehabilitation of serious problem drivers. The subjects for this study are individuals who have previously had their driver's permits revoked because of frequent and/or serious violation of the traffic laws of the District of Columbia. In addition, approximately eighty percent of the group have police records in connection with other non-traffic criminal offenses.