History of Group Work

Question 1

Joseph Pratt

Answer 1

1905

• ‘class method’ = didactic approach
• beginning of group psychotherapy (in US) with tuberculosis patients

Question 2

Alfred Adler

Answer 2

1921

• ‘collective therapy’ = seeing the individual/group context
• -> more class-like

Question 3

Jacob Moreno

Answer 3

1931

• psychodrama (Gestalt psychology)
• -> more class-like

Question 4

WW2

Answer 4

1939-1945

• made therapy more difficult
• -> more people needed help, were put into groups

Question 5

Kurt Lewin

Answer 5

1947

• beginning of T-groups/sensitivity training
• beginning to use feedback

Question 6

Human Potential Movement

Answer 6

1960s
- most people only use small percentage of their capabilities but that within a group experience they can recognise their full potential

Question 7

Carl Rogers

Answer 7

mid-1960s

• person-centred counselling
• worked exclusively in groups
• basic encounter groups