Reinforcement of Cohesiveness in Group Therapy

Group relationships during a dialectical behavior therapy skills training program for the treatment of alcohol and concurrent substance use disorders: Evidence and theoretical considerations.

“…Furthermore, the acquisition of therapeutic strategies by patients might reduce the relevance of leaders’ interventions, and consequently, the working alliance between members and skills trainers could decrease during treatment. Taking together these findings and considerations, it is possible to provisionally affirm that the application of behavioral principles to the conduction of DBT-ST might promote the patients’ capability to spontaneously reinforce the commitment to treatment goals, as demonstrated in other behavioral group therapy (Liberman, 1970, 1971). Furthermore, the absence of significant effects of group assignment on changes in PWR might support the generalizability of the hypothesized impacts of behavioral principles on group relationships within this DBT-ST program.…”

Parents’ groups: How group members perceive curative factors

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Group therapy with dual-diagnosed adolescents

“…Initially this field focused on using social or material rewards with clients of limited intellectual abilities or severe emotional handicaps (e.g., Liberman, 1971;Small & Cooper, 1978). Sheldon Rose's multimodal orientation (summarized in Rose & Edelson, 1987), which elevates behavioral group therapy beyond the simple application of reinforcement schedules, extends this approach to group therapy.…”