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Group psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group. The term can legitimately refer to any form of psychotherapy when delivered in a group format, including art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy or interpersonal therapy, but it is usually applied to psychodynamic group therapy where the group ...
Cognitive therapy is based on a teacher-student relationship, where the therapist educates the client. Cognitive therapy uses Socratic questioning to challenge cognitive distortions. Homework is an essential aspect of cognitive therapy. It consolidates the skills learned in therapy. The cognitive approach is active, directed, and structured.
Group analysis is the dominant psychodynamic approach outside the United States and Canada. It is an approach that views the group as an organic entity and insists that the therapist take a less intrusive role, so as to become the group's conductor (as in music) rather than its director.
Co-therapy or conjoint therapy is a kind of psychotherapy conducted with more than one therapist present. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This kind of therapy is especially applied during couple therapy . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Carl Whitaker and Virginia Satir are credited as the founders of co-therapy.
Psychedelic therapy uses some type of hallucinogenic, often MDMA, ketamine, or psilocybin, alongside facilitated psychotherapy to open up a client’s mind and invite new perspectives to the table ...
Social therapy is an activity-theoretic practice developed outside of academia at the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy in New York. Its primary methodologists are cofounders of the East Side Institute, Fred Newman and Lois Holzman .
The task in a cooperative group may be secondary to social aspects. Mature groups involve the therapist as a co-equal member. The group members take on all leadership roles in order to balance task accomplishment with need satisfaction of the members.
Interpersonal therapy is one of the potential effective therapies to treat depressive symptoms in PTSD patients. In clinical studies, interpersonal therapy has led to a decrease in depressive PTSD symptomatology after 16 group sessions. Group sessions follow the same three stages as individual interpersonal therapy.