title: Exercise groups in an insight-oriented, evening treatment program.
abstract: Exercise groups form an integral part of an insight-oriented, psychodynamic evening treatment program for a patient population characterized predominantly by mood and personality disorders. Clinical examples illustrate how the exercise groups are integrated with other therapy groups in the program. Therapists, who lead and participate in the exercise groups, attempt to maintain professional boundaries while they facilitate permissive activities where enactment of patient conflicts can occur. Events from the exercise groups frequently provide material for work in the more traditional psychodynamic groups of the program. A number of benefits of exercise groups are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: O'Kelly
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kerber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009551:Night Care; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group