title: Why study group therapy?
abstract: Group therapy training is highly valuable for the overall professional practice of psychotherapy. Learning to be a group therapist means learning about shame, resistance, fears of engulfment and abandonment, maintaining a self in relation to others, promoting empathic connection, strong affects in the moment, multiple experiences of the same interaction or event, and group dynamics. These concepts are highly relevant to all clinical work and other aspects of professional life. Training in group therapy should place greater emphasis on its broader applicability.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. EleanorF@Counselman.com
authors.forename: Eleanor F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Counselman
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003379:Countertransference; D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000193:education*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000193:education*