Short-Term Group Psychotherapy for Children: An Overview

An evaluation of a group treatment approach for children who have witnessed wife abuse

“…Rose ( 1983) suggests that group treatment has one strong advantage over individual treatment in that it provides "the members with the large number of reinforcing activities usually unavailable to the isolated child in treatment" ( p. 472). Scheidlinger ( 1984) sees the benefit of groups as a way to "focus on current and explicit behavior, adaptation, coping, competency, strength and growth" (p.581). This particular mode of treatment gives children the opportunity to acquire and implement new behaviors in response to group dynamics.…”

A treatment outcome study of bereavement groups for children

“…Scheidlinger (1984) suggests that this is an important therapeutic element of group therapy. This active expression may be therapeutic and help decrease grief symptomatology.…”

Overview: The beginning and Development of SP group therapy. (A Study on International Research Trends in SP Group Therapy)

“…This is the beginning of group therapy that began in the UK (Bierer 1980). Since then, group therapy has been active in various ways in schools as well as hospitals, correctional facilities, and social welfare facilities for numerous patients and specific groups (Scheidlinger & Schamess, 1992).…”