Advances in group psychotherapy

A survey of group psychotherapy training during predoctoral psychology internship.

“…Group therapy is often overlooked as an invaluable component to graduate psychology training despite the growing accumulation of empirical support attesting to its effectiveness. There is a wealth of evidence that group psychotherapy is as effective as individual therapy in treating a range of psychological and psychiatric problems (Alonso & Rutan, 1993; Fuhriman & Burlingame, 1999; MacKenzie, 1997; McRoberts, Burlingame, & Hoag, 1998; Orlinski & Howard, 1986; Piper, 1993; Piper & Joyce, 1996; Steenbarger & Budman, 1996). Butler and Fuhriman (1986) reported that group therapy is a widely established treatment modality and that psychologists function as group therapy providers at most of the clinical agencies where they are employed.…”