The article discusses the comprehensive services offered emotionally disturbed preschool children by a voluntary social agency (the Childrens Center in Salt Lake City, Utah), focusing on activity group therapy, the major therapeutic tool used there. (Author/DLS)

Two approaches to group psychotherapy for the noninstitutionalized elderly are described and compared. One paradigm was based upon a behavioral orientation while the other was insight-oriented. The group treated with an insight orientation showed greater overall improvement, although only one measured difference was statistically significant.…

A conceptual model for goal formulation in social groupwork, discussion of existing models and their limitations, and an attempt to formulate an encompassing groupwork model that facilitates goal formulation. (Author/PD)

The article describes a program in which developmentally oriented mutual aid groups proved successful in promoting ego strength and growth in depressed adolescent girls in foster care. (Author/DLS)

This paper investigates multiple family therapy (MFT), a treatment method which includes several families in a series of sessions with the therapist(s). The characteristics of this treatment method are delineated with special attention to the elements of change attributed to MFT and the stages of development in MFT groups. (Author)

Offers specialists in group work with incest survivors a developmental perspective. Links suggestions for therapy to developmental issues. (Author/ABB)

Applied the meta-analysis technique to school-based studies of psychotherapy. The results indicate that psychotherapy in the schools is moderately effective. Evidence was also found of the greater efficacy of group and behavioral theory interventions that target observed behaviors and problem-solving abilities. (Author/KS)

Reports on a fall 1986 journey of Carl Rogers to the U.S.S.R. during which Rogers conducted lectures and workshops on humanistic psychology. Elaborates on workshop sessions with Russian psychologists and therapists. Concludes with general observations about what the workshops may have accomplished and on the Soviet lifestyle in general. (BR)

Describes the partners' group model used at the Winona (Minnesota) Women's Resource Center which combines support, therapy, and education to work with rural women who are survivors of domestic violence. Indicates the model is especially effective if the women's partners are also in treatment and the community supports the groups. (NEC)

Focuses on various forms of group therapy for severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed adolescents. Discusses eclectic theoretical frame of reference including elements of psychodynamic, object relations, and structural and strategic family therapy theory. Identifies precedents for confrontational-supportive approach to be encounter group…

The verbal participation of Anglos, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans in group therapy sessions for alcoholic patients was examined. Fifteen therapy groups with a total number of 265 alcoholic inpatients were recorded. Anglo patients had significantly higher verbal participation than either Mexican American or Native American patients. (NQA)

Evaluated the effectiveness of three 16-hour-long unstructured marathon groups composed of female illicit drug users in a woman's prison (N=78), using evaluative adjective pairs of the semantic differential concept Women. Marathon groups rated women as more successful and more pleasurable than did controls. (JAC)

Presents an overview of the problem of bulimia and reviews a program for group therapy involving 14 college women treated at a university counseling center. Issues frequently encountered and suggestions for counseling interventions are discussed. (Author/JAC)

A counseling program for severely disabled elderly persons was developed consisting of cognitive group therapy by telephone. The intent of the program was to solve problems related to feeling dissatisfied, lonely, or being too inactive to remain healthy. A majority of the treated group members reported fewer feelings of loneliness after treatment.…

Introduces a procedure to give supervision and feedback to students in training using written and verbal feedback as well as a rating scale to assess change in psychotherapy skills. Presents a case study as well as recommendations for future exploration. (LLL)