Group therapy

Question 1

Rapoport - main principles of a therapeutic community

Answer 1

Communalism
Permissiveness
Democratisation
Reality confrontation

Question 2

Yalom’s (11) therapeutic factors

Answer 2

Installation of hope
Universality
Imparting information (feedback)
Altruism
Corrective recapitulation
Development of socialisation techniques
Imitation of adaptive behaviour
Interpersonal learning
Group cohesiveness
Catharsis
Existential factors

Question 3

Factors influencing communication

Answer 3

Mirroring
Exchange
Free floating discussion
Resonance
Translation

Question 4

Mode of therapy

Answer 4

Activity groups - used for patients who are unsuitable for other groups e.g. LD, chronic psychosis

Support groups - peer support in LD, chronic illness, carers

Problem-focussed groups - assertiveness training, alcohol or drug dependence, sexual deviancy

Psychodynamic therapy - aims for lasting change through modifcation of personality

Behavioural groups - modifcation of dysfunctional behaviour e.g. anxiety, phobias