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J T Salvendy

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PubMed1999

Ethnocultural considerations in group psychotherapy.

The increasingly heterogeneous populations of the industrialized countries necessitate a reappraisal of the sociocultural norms and group-therapeutic approaches that were based primarily on White Judeo-Christian values. This author reviews the literature on the treatment of ethnically different patients and discusses socio-cultural phenomena relevant to group therapy that differ from the mainstream culture. The culturally determined contrasts in perception, attitude, communication, and behavior, which minority members may exhibit in the group, are examined. The specific demands on the therapist working with ethnic group members are highlighted along with the modifications in therapeutic technique. Recommendations for a culturally sensitive and broader training of group therapists are offered.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Control and power in supervision.

This article explores the dynamics of the supervisory process focusing on the factors effecting the balance of power between the supervisor and supervise. The assignment of inherent roles, issues of transference, countertransference, and the parallel process with all the risks involved for both parties are reviewed. Recent developments in the shifting supervisory equilibrium are analyzed and specific suggestions are offered to avoid the common pitfalls present in many contemporary supervisor situations.

Countertransference↗
PubMed1991

Antidepressants in group psychotherapy.

This article alerts us to consider depression as a relatively frequent cause of impasse in the course of group psychotherapy. The authors recommend the combined use of antidepressant medication along with group psychotherapy when such depression is confirmed independently outside the group. Common obstacles and pitfalls preventing successful combined treatment are reviewed; the depressive logjam is differentiated from common resistance; and profiles of responders versus nonresponders are described. A rationale of the combined treatment, its results, and implications for group therapists are all delineated.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Improving interviewing techniques through the bug-in-the-ear.

The author describes a simple, efficient and inexpensive tool to improve and accelerate the teaching of interviewing techniques. There are major advantages and some shortcomings to this method. Both are reviewed along with a survey carried out to gauge the experiences of psychiatric residency training programs across the continent with the "bug-in-the-ear". The author discusses the implications for residents, supervisors and patients and offers suggestions how to make this approach more available to non-using centers.

Communication↗
PubMed1980

Group psychotherapy training: a quest for standards.

This paper deals with the need of implementing standards into the training--and thus practice--of group psychotherapy. The author depicts the background and development of this treatment modality, pointing out the dangers in further unregulated growth. A rationale for the necessity of future guidelines is made in order to ensure proper levels of practice, to facilitate peer review, and for research and public accountability. The components of a comprehensive training program for group psychotherapy are described along with reasons for each. The international literature is reviewed, and relevant model programs and the problems involved are critically discussed. The author concludes that group psychotherapy is likely to become an even more widely practised treatment modality in the future. It will benefit the patients, the public at large and the mental health profession, if the latter will offer to the field of group psychotherapy more constructive criticism than in the past.

Canada↗