title: Group Therapy Graduate Seminar: A Developmental Perspective.
abstract: Teaching group therapy is an essential aspect of graduate studies within the helping professions. Existing models discuss four basic elements required for such training: experience, observation, supervised practice, and theory. The present paper offers a model for a group therapy seminar based on these four elements and organized along developmental concepts. Clinical observations of 120 psychology students who participated in the seminar were gathered over a five-year period. Teaching techniques included supervised observation, fish-bowl, one-way mirror, and a final paper integrating theory and practice. The seminar enabled students to practice and to theorize about group processes, both as participants and as co-leaders. Seminar outcomes and conclusions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioral Sciences at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo in Israel.
authors.forename: Shulamit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioral Sciences at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo in Israel.
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shadach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult