Talk:Group psychotherapy

message: For what it's worth, I've heard group therapy was invented by J H Pratt.  Trekphiler 05:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This page needs a lot of work. I've done a few minor edits and added some content over the last few days but I think it needs a re-structure. I would suggest headings such as
*A definition of group psychotherapy
*Information for patients / users (incorporeting much of the current first paragraph)(also where it is offered and how to access it)
*History of group psychotherapy
*Therapeutic principles (reference to e.g.Yalom's therapeutic factors, and more on the role of the therapist; also unpacking the therapeutic principles of some other models)
*Settings (discuss group therapy e.g. in out-patient & in-patient settings, therapeutic communities, and as a component of other models of therapy
*Research on efficacy ( - or effectiveness? ...outcome research)
*Specialised forms (including the current second sentence with the reference to TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process)
Comments?
--Anonymaus (talk) 20:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-structuring this page 

message: I've done a substantial restructuring of this page, adding 'Therapeutic principles', 'Settings', 'Research on effectiveness', and re-wording the introduction. Also lots more references. Out of respect for previous contributors I have preserved practically all of the pre-existing text, much of it in 'Information for patients/ users'. 'See also' has been edited to remove redundancy (links already in the text). It isn't perfect, there is room for more detail on theory but I do think it is an improvement. Can we remove the 'Stub' label, I wonder? --Anonymaus (talk) 13:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big edit 

message: Almost all of the cited research in this section has been published in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.  The IJGP's website does not list the institutional affiliations of its editorial board members, making it harder for a non-specialist to assess its quality.  The IJGP's impact factor seemed to be 0.5 in 2010, which does not seem very high.  Would it make sense to comment in the article, therefore, on the quality of this research? Colin Rowat (talk) 22:17, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be difficult to make such a comment without it being original research, which we must avoid. The best way to approach this would be to a) find studies on effectiveness in other publication to provide balance, and/or b) to find a reliable source on the low impact factor of IJGP to serve as a caution to readers. The former approach seems to me to be the best way to go, though. Also, if no other studies are available we could put a tag on the article pointing to the need for a diversity of references. Sunray (talk) 23:26, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research on effectiveness 

message: I add a POV to this section, as, while the principles of Yalom primarily align with his perspective, they may not necessarily reflect the consensus within the broader community regarding group psychotherapy. Typically, the therapeutic efficacy of such practices is assessed through empirical studies. Fred114 09:05, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Therapeutic principles