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Group Therapy
Group therapy, a term attributed to the late Dr. J. L. Moreno (creator of psychodrama and a contemporary of Sigmund Freud), began as a form of psychotherapy that departed from the conventional one-on-one doctor-patient relationship by allowing multiple persons to receive simultaneous care. In its most basic meaning, group therapy is a therapist facilitating a group of three or more persons who mutually benefit psychologically from interaction among themselves and the therapist.
In its inception, group therapy was a purely therapeutic modality. However, in the last 40 years, group therapy has evolved to include other facilitator–multiple-person groups for such varied purposes as providing inspirational and reeducative opportunities. In such a group, problem solving, motivation, education, sensitivity awareness, and specific training are but a few of the ...
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