Chapter 1 - History Flashcards
Group therapy more so used in US because…
Cheaper!
Taken from Foulkes’ position:
No such thing as an individual that exists apart from and outside the social
Groups are powerful interventions for a number of disorders including:
Depression
Anxiety
Personality Disorders
Unlike individual, group therapy offers:
Multiple relationships to assist the individual in growth and problem solving
Group therapy began in environments of:
Settlement Houses
Social action & trade unions
Later, groups became a way of:
Teaching
He led groups teaching TB patients and later other illnesses
Pratt - 1905
This man led inspirational lectures for psychiatric patients
Marsh - 1909
Eureka! This is working?! He lectured on Freudian psychology to psychotic patients - some back from war
Lazell
This era saw in interest in learning:
20s-30s
Psychodrama refers to:
Theatre of spontaneity & sociodrama
Psychodrama was founded by this man, who later coined the term….
Jacob Moreno - Group Therapy (1920’s)
In 1921 he developed collective & family therapy
Adler
He developed a group for alcoholics
Dreikurs
Dreikurs & Adler came from…
Freudian backgrounds
This man moved away from Freudian. Emphasis on social interaction rather than intrapsychic influence. Group analysis.
Borrows
Borrows was also interested in…
Physiological response of group members
Other pioneers include (SSSW)
Schilder, Schwartz, Slayson & Wender
This pioneer used interpretation, working through, dream analysis & transference.
Wender 1930
Wender also developed…
Childrens Groups
Because of the psychoanalytical nature of these fellas, they focused on:
Resistance, Transference & Countertransference
At this time, these 5 were arguing that a different conceptual model was needed, as different dynamics were at play. (FLEWB)
Foulkes, Lieberman, Ezriel, Whitaker, Bion
More groups popped up as a result of
WW2
In 1970, major research was completed by:
Yalom (Lieberman & Miles)
He is the pioneer of the dynamic model.
Yalom
Yalom saw group experience as a:
Microcosm of real life. Interpreting here & now to gain insight & change.
The 1980s marked the beginning of the:
Self Help movement
Groups offer therapeutic value -
Curative factors become “primary agents of change”
Outside of Psychoanalysis new theories formed. No longer were they just individuals, but part of the _________ __________.
Capturing how they relate to eachother
Dynamic Process
