Behavioural Group Therapy: A Controlled Clinical Study
- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 119 (552) , 535-544
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.119.552.535
Abstract
The clinical research reported here has two thrusts or purposes: one theoretical and one practical. The theoretical question can be stated: Is psychotherapy in general, and group psychotherapy in particular, a lawful, directive, and predictable process that can be understood from a behavioural or learning point of view? The second question and the more practical and down-to-earth one, is whether analyzing group therapy from a learning point of view can suggest and direct our attention to practical improvements in the technical work that we carry out as group therapists, whatever our theoretical persuasions.Keywords
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