Support Groups: A Conceptualization
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Personnel and Guidance Journal
- Vol. 61 (6) , 361-364
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2164-4918.1983.tb00044.x
Abstract
A conceptualization of support groups, differentiating them from counseling and psychotherapy groups, is offered, and its implications for group formation, membership;, and format are discussed.Keywords
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