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Advocates the involvement of professional psychotherapists in facilitating therapy/support groups for gay persons. The special advantages of group therapy are discussed, as are guidelines for establishing a group. Effective therapist characteristics and strategies and typical psychological and group process issues, including a review of affirmative developmental models, are presented. Experiences with 83 participants in a series of 12 groups are summarized. (62 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
