J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.
1997 Mar;36(2):315-328.
The Content and Process of Group Psychotherapy
- Affiliations
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- 1Keyo Hospital, Uiwang, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate important therapeutic factors in encounter group and compare these therapeutic factors with those in long-term outpatient group psychotherapy, to understand the content and process in real cases for facilitation of interpersonal learning which is important for long-term outpatient group psychotherapy, and to acquire basic data of long-term outpatient group psychotherapy on the basis of this understanding.
METHODS
The subject was 7 encounter groups, composed of 41 persons. We used short form of Yalom's Q-sort to find important therapeutic factors in encounter group. We selected 2 cases for analyzing the process and content in these cases.
RESULTS
Three of the most important therapeutic factors were existential factors','self understanding', and 'interpersonal teaming(input)'.
CONCLUSION
We suggest that interpersonal learning is the most important therapeutic factor in encounter group.
