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PAQ 22:132-133 (1953)

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. II, 1952: Report to the World Federation For Mental Health. S. R. Slavson Marjorie Holden, Abraham A. Fabian, Simon Tulchin, Jessie E. Crampton, Helen P. Langner, Harris Peck, Betty Gabriel, Saul Scheidlinger, Hyman Spotnitz. Pp. 71–82, 172–185.

Abstract

I.Group Treatment of Preschool Children and Their Mothers.
In view of the widespread and increasing recognition of the importance of

treatment for the physical and emotional disturbances of young children, and of the advantages of group therapy for such patients, psychotherapeutic groups have been set up as follows: A maximum of six children showing difficulty in social adaptation, screened to exclude those with organic defects or with excessive dependence on their parents, meet once a week for an hour under the guidance of a therapist. The therapist provides an atmosphere in which the children can express their drives 'with flexible but definite boundaries' and which guarantees 'support for ego growth'. Simultaneously the parents of these children meet in discussion groups in which they learn to understand their own emotional attitudes toward their children. Therapeutic results occur when, owing to the group experience, there is modification of the superego in the child. This is most satisfactory when the parent also has been made ready for the change.
II.Group Therapy For Children in Latency.
Ten different psychotherapeutic experiences with children in latency are reported. Some of these, schizoids, mild behavior problems and mild neuroses, enjoyed common or individual activities in the presence of a permissive therapist. For schizophrenics, group treatment was an adjunct to shock therapy. Patients with speech disorders were also treated. Encouraging therapeutic results were general.
III.Group Psychotherapy with Adolescents.
At this age, interview therapy replaces the activity sessions of latency, since the individual has gained the ability to verbalize conflicts and drives. Participation in a group by adolescent girls helps them to handle their own emotional problems, intensified at this time for physiological reasons, by finding that these problems are shared by others.
IV.Group Psychotherapy with Adults—A Review of Recent Trends and Practices.

PAQ 22:132-133 (1953)

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. II, 1952: Report to the World Federation For Mental Health. S. R. Slavson Marjorie Holden, Abraham A. Fabian, Simon Tulchin, Jessie E. Crampton, Helen P. Langner, Harris Peck, Betty Gabriel, Saul Scheidlinger, Hyman Spotnitz. Pp. 71–82, 172–185.

Abstract

I.Group Treatment of Preschool Children and Their Mothers.
In view of the widespread and increasing recognition of the importance of

treatment for the physical and emotional disturbances of young children, and of the advantages of group therapy for such patients, psychotherapeutic groups have been set up as follows: A maximum of six children showing difficulty in social adaptation, screened to exclude those with organic defects or with excessive dependence on their parents, meet once a week for an hour under the guidance of a therapist. The therapist provides an atmosphere in which the children can express their drives 'with flexible but definite boundaries' and which guarantees 'support for ego growth'. Simultaneously the parents of these children meet in discussion groups in which they learn to understand their own emotional attitudes toward their children. Therapeutic results occur when, owing to the group experience, there is modification of the superego in the child. This is most satisfactory when the parent also has been made ready for the change.
II.Group Therapy For Children in Latency.
Ten different psychotherapeutic experiences with children in latency are reported. Some of these, schizoids, mild behavior problems and mild neuroses, enjoyed common or individual activities in the presence of a permissive therapist. For schizophrenics, group treatment was an adjunct to shock therapy. Patients with speech disorders were also treated. Encouraging therapeutic results were general.
III.Group Psychotherapy with Adolescents.
At this age, interview therapy replaces the activity sessions of latency, since the individual has gained the ability to verbalize conflicts and drives. Participation in a group by adolescent girls helps them to handle their own emotional problems, intensified at this time for physiological reasons, by finding that these problems are shared by others.
IV.Group Psychotherapy with Adults—A Review of Recent Trends and Practices.