Mary Walton-Ball

Process-Oriented Group Psychotherapy: Dynamic Empathic Engagement For Self-Transformation

A psychodynamic process-focused group therapy differs from a psychoeducational group. In a psychoeducational group experience, the leader's mandate is to give the members necessary information for a focused issue, symptom or psychopathology; the main discourse centres on the focused issue. These groups are usually short term and hold the goal of ameliorating the symptom. Psychodynamic process-focused groups use methods that support dialogue about the members' interpersonal worlds. By articulating their interpersonal worlds, members are enriched by stronger self-identities that lead to expanding choices as to life options. The process model aims for self-transformation as constructed in relation to others. In process groups, the leader assumes the role of facilitator rather than educator. These groups often have an open-ended time commitment.


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