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Group Psychotherapy

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Kelly’s approach to working with groups and various forms of personal construct group psychotherapy are described, including the interpersonal transaction group. Particular methods useful in working with groups are listed, and consideration is given to how to compose groups and how the structure of the group develops.

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Procter, H., Winter, D.A. (2020). Group Psychotherapy. In: Personal and Relational Construct Psychotherapy. Palgrave Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52177-6_10

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