Group Psychotherapy in the United Kingdom

Int J Group Psychother. 2015 Oct;65(4):568-81. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.4.568.

Abstract

In the United Kingdom (U.K.), group therapy is one of the most widely practiced methods, with a broad range of applications and an extensive literature. The terminology used here is based on the author's chapter in The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (Schlapobersky & Pines, 2008). We used two factors-therapeutic goals and group leadership-to provide a classification of different models and applications. We described group therapy as a method, group analysis (for example) as a model, and an in-patient or weekly group as an application of a model.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Psychotherapy, Group / education
  • Psychotherapy, Group / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Psychotherapy, Group / methods*
  • United Kingdom