title: [Training background, everyday practice, and training needs of group therapists working in inpatient psychotherapy - Results of a survey].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A survey serves to clarify whether psychotherapists working in inpatient and day treatment psychotherapeutic hospitals feel sufficiently trained as group therapists and what their specific training needs are.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey queried 175 therapists from different hospitals and professions who perform group psychotherapy in their hospital. The questionnaire focussed on training experiences, everyday group practice, and training needs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As expected, only some of the therapists had completed training as group therapist. The therapists are faced with a wide variety of group formats and patients in their everyday work and reveal a broad spectrum of training needs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The survey, although not entirely representative, indicates general and specific needs of group therapists within psychotherapeutic hospitals and underlines the role of training and therapist experience in reducing uneasiness toward group psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Jena, Institut für Psychosoziale Medizin und Psychotherapie, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Stoystr. 3, 07740 Jena. Bernhard.Strauss@med.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauß
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schreiber-Willnow
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schattenburg
authors.forename: Klaus-Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Seidler
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Papenhausen
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dobersch
authors.forename: Wally
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wünsch-Leiteritz
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leiteritz
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Reinholde
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kriebel
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liebler
authors.forename: Dankwart
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mattke
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bormann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002568:Certification; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000193:education*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*