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Adolescents experiencing personal difficulties commonly evidence their problems while in school. Group psychotherapy within the school setting can be an effective means of helping an adolescent subject to stress at home. Parental alcoholism is the problem shared by a group composed of six students led by a clinical social worker. The broader implications of group therapy in a school setting as a means of helping young people with problems that interfere with their education and socialization are also considered.
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She is attending the Doctor of Social Welfare Program at New York University.
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Miller, N. Group psychotherapy in a school setting for adolescent children of alchoholics. Group 7, 34–40 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01456478
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