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FAMILY THERAPY,
& COUPLES
THERAPY
GROUP THERAPY
Group Therapy
J. L. Moreno
Develop some group methods in Vienna in early 1900s.
In 1925, introduced his psychodrama to US. Hes also
used the term group therapy.
Trigant Burrow
Psychoanalyst who used the related term group
analysis to describe his procedures.
Slavson
In 1930s, Salvson encouraged adolescent patients to
work through their problem with controlled play. His procedures
was based on psychoanalytic concepts.
Experienced group therapist of the
same theoretical persuasion often
use quite different methods.
Because of this poor fit between what therapist
do & where they come from theoretically, its
difficult to evaluate similarities, & differences among
approaches, & indeed, to describe in any coherent
way the methods used in a particular approach.
Psychoanalytic Group Therapy
Focus : free association, transference, interpretation
of resistance, & working through.
3. Group cohesion
1. Placting
Always agreeing, no matter whats going on
2. Blamming
A persons way of showing how much he or she weight
around.
3. Super-reasonable
Especially characteristic of teachers, whose words may
come out super-reasonable but may bear no relationship to
how they feel.
4. Irrelevant
The words are completely unrelated to what is going on.
5. Congruent
The word relate to what is real.
OTHER VARIETIES OF FAMILY THERAPY