Definition of Group psychotherapy

1. Noun. Psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic.

Exact synonyms: Group Therapy
Generic synonyms: Psychotherapy
Specialized synonyms: Family Therapy

Medical Definition of Group psychotherapy

1. A type of psychological treatment involving several patients participating together in the presence of one or more psychotherapists who facilitate both emotional and rational cognitive interaction to effect uniquely targeted changes in the maladaptive behaviour of the individual patient in his or her everyday interpersonal exchanges. See also entries under group. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Group Psychotherapy

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group dynamics
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group insurance
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group marriage
group marriages
group of death
group participation
group practice
group processes
group psychotherapy (current term)
group purchasing
group reaction
group ring
group specific antigen
group specific antigens
group stage
group structure
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group theoreticians
group theorist

Literary usage of Group psychotherapy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correctional Psychology: Practice, Programming, and Administrationby Barbara K. Schwartz by Barbara K. Schwartz (2003)
"Basic concepts in group psychotherapy. In HI Kaplan & BJ Sadock (Eds.), ... Hostility in group psychotherapy. International Journal of group psychotherapy, ..."

2. The Sex Offender: Current Treatment Modalities and Systems Issuesby Barbara K Schwartz by Barbara K Schwartz (2002)
"The missed session in psychodynamic group psychotherapy. International Journal of group psychotherapy, 49(1), 7 1—86. Counseling & Consultation Services. ..."

3. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"International Journal of group psychotherapy 21:84-90, 1971. Hoffman, L. Foundations of Family Therapy. New York: Basic Books, 1981. ..."

4. Child Victimization: Maltreatment, Bullying and Dating Violence, Prevention ...by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, Sarah M. Giacomoni by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, Sarah M. Giacomoni (2005)
"Trauma/grief focused group psychotherapy: School-based post-war intervention with traumatized Bosnian adolescents. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and ..."

5. Treatment of Depression edited by Cynthia D. Mulrow (2000)
"A third recent 7-week trial compared fluoxetine plus group psychotherapy with group psychotherapy alone in 47 HIV-seropositive men with major depression. ..."

6. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"group psychotherapy There are few treatments used more ubiquitously in inpatient settings than group therapy and groups continue to provide the venue for ..."

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