Described is a transactional analysis card game used to structure weekly therapy groups for students 12 to 19 years old in the special education school for the emotionally disturbed at Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. (JG)

The article describes a five-step group therapy program for 21 male adolescent sex offenders. Key elements were peer interaction and a system of incentives for therapy. (DB)

Provides a full description of group enactment procedures and their use in each of Kelly's proposed six phases of group development. Emphasizes the appropriateness of these methods for multicultural training of counselors. (Author/ABB)

Addresses the role of metaphoric expression in groups, providing a rationale for its therapeutic potential and suggesting methods for illuminating it as a means of understanding and promoting group development. Several case examples are provided. (Author)

Examined effects of videotaped feedback on aspects of self-concept of patients in an aftercare psychotherapy group. All subjects (N=62) completed three administrations of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale; the 32 treatment patients also viewed videotaped interactions of their group therapy. The results suggest that videotaped feedback produces…

Describes a cognitive-behavioral treatment package for bulimia. Discusses the goals of this package (e.g., to modify distorted cognitions). (Author/ABB)

Writing as a therapeutic tool is not new. The unique approach described in this article, however, requires the writing and oral delivery of a personal autobiography as an early component of group psychotherapy for pathological gamblers. The spoken autobiography expedites group process through its early development of group cohesiveness, catharsis,…

Reviews literature concerning newcomers in groups in different settings. Presents a general model examining factors felt to be important for successful assimilation in group psychotherapy, i.e., overcoming resistance to join group, clarifying group process, examining client's in-group behavior, and confirming client's expectations. (BH)

Presents the development of concrete and explicit goals, models, and procedures for group psychotherapy by the staff of a 22-bed, adult, general psychiatric unit. (BH)

Presents a group therapy game that allows for open discussion of the drug addict's lifestyle. Describes concepts, subjects (populations of narcotics addicts in residential treatment), rules of the game, and processing after the game. (BH)

Examines the development of consciousness raising as part of the women's liberation movement, and the transformations of consciousness raising as it moved into the group therapy movement. Considers whether consciouness raising has value for the women's movement and for individuals, as long as the political content is left out. (BH)

Discusses New York City's Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, under the direction of Dr. Lewis R. Wolberg, M.D., and describes the therapy program for schizophrenics. (GB)

The author summarizes his attempts to apply the principles of the behavioral sciences at the community level. (AN)