Behavioural Assessment in Early Group Therapy Meetings

WHILE increasing attention is given to the therapy aspects of analytically oriented group psychotherapy in this clinic, the diagnostic potentials of a group setting have thus far received little attention. Yet clinical experience with many student therapy groups points to the group setting as particularly suited to demonstrate an individual’s character structure, psychodynamics and &dquo;social personality&dquo;: that is, his specific ways of interacting with and relating to other individuals in a group setting. To form a relationship with an individual is one thing, and to form a relationship with an individual in a group setting is another.