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Group therapy is appropriate for dealing with such problems of suicidal patients as poor impulse control, lack of future orientation, low spirits, low self-esteem, and failure to accept personal responsibility. Crisis intervention is too transitory for these patients; prolonged treatment to alter their self-destructive tendencies is needed. Over a two-year period, one hundred and five patients, nineteen of them hospital emergency cases, were admitted to therapeutic groups after preliminary interviews. Their attendance varied from one week to one year, the median being six weeks. The group met weekly for not more than two hours. At first, the members focused on their presenting problems and dependency needs. Later, introspection and acceptance of responsibility were encouraged, as well as acceptance of their own behavior and motivations. Members learned to define their emotions and inhibit their impulsive actions under stress. Although all had contemplated suicide at least once, strong resistance to accepting blame was shown. Direct expression of anger was encouraged to lessen self-destructive tendencies. During this experience, the rate of reattempted suicide was four per cent, with only one death, indicating a measure of success.