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The development and exploration of group experiential training models

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This paper describes the development and changes in the cognitive and experiential portions of a group psychotherapy training program. The integration of these two components has shifted during the two decades of the program. Educational strengths and limitations of the different models are described. The two current models are of 16 weeks duration and begin with four didactic sessions. The succeeding 12 sessions consist of 1 hour of experiential group followed immediately by a 30-minute review. In one of these models the experiential group is leaderless. An illustration of the dynamics and educational potential of this leaderless experiential group is presented.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Bethesda Avenue, 45267, Cincinnati, OH

    John M. Hall M.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) & Walter N. Stone M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry)

  2. University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 2600 Euclid Avenue, 45219, Cincinnati, OH

    Robert L. Kunkel M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry)

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Hall, J.M., Stone, W.N. & Kunkel, R.L. The development and exploration of group experiential training models. Group 5, 3–12 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01457268

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