Describes the use of modeling to reduce fears and teach new behaviors in group therapy. Discusses elements that influence the potency of modeling including reinforcement, view of the therapist, trust, and elements motivating group member imitation. (JAC)

Discusses pretherapy preparation in relation to the research of the past two decades, including a review and critical analysis of the research. Implications for group therapists are discussed. (Author/JAC)

Describes a structured experience that can be used as a process intervention during resistive phases of group development, by increasing participant commitment and responsibility. Goals of group self-description are to define problems, involve members, and develop cohesiveness. (JAC)

Undergraduates in six programmed T-groups received feedback that was either behavioral, emotional, or combined behavioral-emotional. Negative behavioral feedback was more credible than negative emotional feedback. Participants in group psychotherapy and encounter groups who give each other behavioral feedback can enhance the credibility of the…

Comments on a study which appeared in the Journal of Counseling Psychology v18 p431-436, by Graff, MacLean, and Loving. (CJ)

This study was designed to compare experimentally the therapeutic efficacy of group therapy stressing interpretive procedures intended to bring about client insight, with a form of group therapy experience encouraging client-to-client interaction without the intentional development of insight. (Author)

Due to increased confusion resulting from indiscriminate labeling of processes, the guidelines for distinguishing differences between group processes have become hazy. The authors attemat attempt establish new guidelines by redefining and reclassifying four widely used terms: group guidance; group counseling; sensitivity training; and group…

The experimental group made a significant gain in empathy and was functioning at a significantly higher level of empathy than the control group. Neither group showed significant changes in CPI scores. (Author)

Therapist-led, leaderless, and alternating sequence sessions were compared. Leaderless sessions exhibited more socially oriented behavior than the therapist-led, while the therapist-led meetings were considered more speculative and confrontive, more concerned with group relationships, and more pertinent and task-oriented than the leaderless…

A beneficial program that enabled psychologwcally disturbed students to improve their academic performance is described. (MD)

Psychotherapeutic intervention, while failing to produce consistent gross differences between the experimental and control group, did lead to subtle but important changes that could be interpreted as contributing meaningfully to training, particularly if a psychoanalytic frame of reference is accepted. Reprints available from author at: Counseling…