In an urban location in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, the author provides both individual and group counselling to women impacted by trauma in a community-based setting. Various modalities and theoretical frameworks that include feminism and anti-oppressive methods inform her counselling practice. The approach that the author takes in the…

This study addresses the use of speech amplification devices in speech therapy sessions. The major factor addressed is the impact that speech amplification has upon the managerial time of speech-language pathologists who provide therapy in small group sessions. This study measured the change in the amount of time speech-language pathologists spent…

An Aphasia Communication Enhancement program in which therapeutic roles are modified to include roles associated with a life participation approach to aphasia (LPAA) is discussed.

Describes the ways in which the use of poetry in group therapy facilitates therapeutic goals consistent with interpersonal theory. Discusses the relationship between poetic interventions and I. D. Yalom's therapeutic factors, and offers a case example of an in-patient therapy group. (SR)

Although group psychotherapy is the preferred method of treatment for short-term hospitalized clients, empirical evidence of the efficacy of such a treatment method is lacking. To examine the major themes expressed in an inpatient group over time, as well as to evaluate the methodology for selecting and implementing group psychotherapy, a total of…

Discusses use of alternate sessions, regularly scheduled meetings without the therapist, in analytic group therapy and proposes that opinions should be derived from a theoretical formulation, not in place of one. A decision against the use of alternate sessions is presented by delineating basics of psychoanalytic theory. (Author/BEF)

Basic principles of the nature therapy model are described, integrating the author's personal journey and examples from fieldwork and theory. Four aspects are nature as "sacred space"; nature as therapeutic setting; healing potential of nature's physical and aesthetic elements and connections to "universal truths"; and…

Presents account of setting up and running an Action Group with adolescents in outpatient setting. Contrasts ideas and aims underlying Action Groups with those of Social Skills Training. Illustrates how therapeutic philosophy helps to define group's boundaries, procedures, and purpose. Describes typical group session. (Author/NB)

Describes an abrupt shift from a therapeutic community emphasizing group meetings to a hierarchical medical model on a mental hospital floor. Analyzes the contrast between the two models, compared with the subsequent restoration of the therapeutic community. Clarifies some mechanisms by which groups positively affect disturbed patients. (BP)

In this interview, Dr. Irvin Yalom, director of the Adult Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses his beginnings as a group psychotherapist, current issues in group work, and the future of group work. (Author/TE)

The present study investigated the phenomenon of sudden gains in 107 participants with social phobia (social anxiety disorder) who received either cognitive-behavioral group therapy or exposure group therapy without explicit cognitive interventions, which primarily used public speaking situations as exposure tasks. Twenty-two out of 967…

Results demonstrated that self-revealing therapists were judged as more friendly, disclosing, trusting, intimate, helpful and facilitating but also as less relaxed, strong, stable and sensitive. (Author)

Outlined is a therapeutic approach to intercession in intergroup conflict which involves establishing and institutionalizing linkages of communication and contact between the hostile parties. Comments by Edward W. Barrett and Melvin Guyer follow. (Author/BY)