We when often encouraged those in distress ‘to get things off their chest’. But how and why do some desires become so deeply repressed, and how can this buried material be brought to the surface? Group psychotherapy seeks to provide some of the answers by bringing together a small group of people, and encouraging free and uninhibited conversation.
This book is one of the first attempts to give a comprehensive account for the layman of the principles and methods of group psychotherapy, and seeks to explain why shifts in conversation occur and how they are related to the deeper causes of anxiety and suffering. This completely revised edition not only keeps the reader abreast of the latest developments in this field, but will help him to a understanding of groups in general.