title: The interpersonal approach to group psychotherapy.
abstract: The interpersonal model of group psychotherapy emphasizes the critical nature of peer interactions and consequent dynamic interpersonal learning. The author illustrates basic concepts of the model through a series of clinical vignettes. The central importance of the group as a social microcosm, cohesion and group process, here-and-now activation, and corrective emotional experience are documented, as is the role of the therapist in facilitating interpersonal feedback and effective therapeutic work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leszcz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012931:Social Environment