title: Structured role assignment and other techniques for facilitating process in adolescent psychotherapy groups.
abstract: The application of various types of techniques for structuring the interchange and feedback process in adolescent psychotherapy groups is described. Techniques include random assignment of "roles" for each member during sessions, "parent hot seat" exercises, group goal booklets, and negotiation exercises. These have proved helpful in ensuring effective group participation, providing practice in social skills and verbalization of feelings, and in the development of other specific mastery skills.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Corder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whiteside
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D011577:Psychodrama; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012381:Role Playing