Review of The person circle: A first book on group psychotherapy and the small group field.

1976 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 843-843
Author(s):  
ROBERT C. CARSON
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Group Psychotherapy

Review of Small group psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-366
Author(s):  
Clifford R. O'Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Group Psychotherapy

Small Group Psychotherapy

1972 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 734
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Perrin ◽  
Maxwell Jones ◽  
Dorothy Stock Whitaker McPherson ◽  
Henry Walton
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Group Psychotherapy

Inpatient small group psychotherapy: A survey

1982 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Group Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy in a Large Open Family Group

1975 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Dinnen ◽  
David S. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Open Group ◽  
New Members ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Family Psychopathology ◽  
And Training ◽  
Open Family

A technique of psychotherapy is reported, using a large open group of theoretically unlimited lifetime. Family and friends are encouraged to attend and new members are added independently of those leaving the group. Various features of such a group are conparable to small group analysis. The group may be used for the exploration and treatment of family psychopathology. Meetings containing 20 or more members, with several families being represented, are not uncommon. Observers likewise are not limited in number and the group serves a useful teaching and training function as a consequence. A wide range of patients, including those regarded as unsuitable or too difficult for conventional psychotherapeutic management, may be treated by this technique. Illustrative cases are described. The purpose of this paper is to describe a technique of group psychotherapy which has been practised over a period of several years and which differs in some important respects from established methods. This technique, the large open family group, has proven itself to be useful in treating a wide range of patients.

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