Group therapy for people with mental retardation: The interactive–behavioral therapy model.

2004 ◽  
pp. 145-164
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Tomasulo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Therapy Model

scholarly journals Psychoeducation as a strategy to improve family support perceived from patient with alcohol dependence and personality disorder

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
José Miguel Martínez González ◽  
Natalia Albein Urios ◽  
Pilar Munera ◽  
Antonio Verdejo García
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Relapse Prevention ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Individual Therapy ◽  
Psychoeducational Intervention ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to prospectively analyze the impact of psychoeducation with relatives of addicted patients with personality disorders. We measured the impact of the psychoeducational intervention using a self-report questionnaire designed to assess perceived familiar support. The sample was composed by 37 patients with alcohol dependence following outpatient treatment. They underwent a cognitive-behavioral therapy relapse prevention program especially tailored for addicted individuals with comorbid personality disorders. 56.8% of patients followed individual therapy, and 43.2% followed group therapy. The relatives of the subgroup patients following group therapy simultaneously received the psychoeducational intervention. The analyses of the familiar support questionnaire across treatment showed a significant difference between groups as a function of treatment modality. Patients whose relatives followed the psychoeducational intervention had greater perception of familiar support throughout the treatment process.

SFBT Techniques and Solution Building

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnny S. Kim ◽  
Michael S. Kelly ◽  
Cynthia Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Treatment Manual ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
School Based ◽  
Solution Focused Brief Therapy ◽  
Therapy Model ◽  
Solution Focused ◽  
Model Approach

This chapter provides an overview of the SFBT model and highlight the contributions made by SFBT pioneers Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer as well as other school-based SFBT practitioners and scholars. It contrasts the techniques of SFBT with typical approaches used in schools, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, to show how SFBT differs from other approaches that school social workers are already using. It also discusses the 2nd edition of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association Treatment Manual which provides more details about the specific SFBT techniques and ways to use solution-building questions in this therapy model approach. Lastly, it discusses the theory of change in SFBT and how it helps create behavioral change in students.

scholarly journals Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for girl victims of sexual violence in Brazil: Are there differences in effectiveness when applied by different groups of psychologists?

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luísa Fernanda Habigzang ◽  
Clarissa Pinto Pizarro de Freitas ◽  
Jean Von Hohendorff ◽  
Sílvia Helena Koller
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Behavioral Group ◽  
Therapy Model

The effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral group therapy model for the treatment of girl victims of sexual violence (SV) was investigated when applied by different groups of professionals: researchers/psychologists who developed it (G1) and psychologists from the public social care network trained by the first group (G2). A <em>quasi</em>-experimental study was carried out, in which the group therapy model was applied by the two groups. A total of 103 girl victims of sexual violence (SV), aged between seven and 16 years (M=11.76 years, SD=2.02 years) were included, with 49 attended by G1, and 54 by G2. The results indicated a significant reduction in the symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD. The comparison between the results obtained by the two groups of professionals in the application of the model indicated no significant differences in the rates of improvement of the participants. These results indicate the effectiveness of the cognitive-behavioral group therapy model evaluated and the possibility of it being used as a care strategy by psychology professionals working in public services.

Social skills training group with Turkish immigrants: Results of a pilot study

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S153-S153
Author(s):  
U. Altunoz ◽  
S. Bozkurt ◽  
V. Bannasch ◽  
S. Castro-Nunez ◽  
I.T. Graeff-Calliess
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Turkish Immigrants ◽  
Scale Scores

IntroductionSocial skills training (SST) is an element of cognitive-behavioral therapy, which focuses to improve verbal-nonverbal behaviors involved in social interactions.Aims-objectivesTo assess the effectiveness of a standardised 8–sessions-SST-group therapy (Hinsch&Pfingsten) in Türkish Immigrants who have anxiety/depressive disorders.MethodGerman-Turkish transations-backtranslations of contents and materials of the standardised 8–sessions-SST-group therapy were performed. These weekly eight group sessions applied by two Turkish-psychotherapists to 8 voluntary Turkish-Immigrants (F/M = 4/4, age = 50 ± 5.4), who were in treatment for anxiety/depressive disorders in our transcultural outpatient-clinic in Hannover, Germany. Symtom-Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and Insecurity Questionnaire (I-Q) administered before and after the treatment programm. Seven patients completed pre-post scales.ResultsTable 1 presents the scale scores. There was no significant improvement in global-symptom-severity and insecurity-profiles after the SST. One of the psychotherapists and one of the patients were interviewed to discuss qualitatively possible reasons of that.PsychoherapistI think patients were not comfortable with many pencil-paper homeworks. Daily-life-examples were too close to German culture. Therefore it's crucial to culturally modify the sessions.PatientI found the sessions-homeworks strict and different from my thinking style and culture.ConclusionsQualitative data of this study stated that no improvement may be caused by eurocentristic nature of the psychotherapeutic approach. Berry (2006) suggested that such interventions may generate/exacerbate acculturative-stress and may not be beneficial for the patient. Further studies should investigate effectiveness of culturally-modified SST in Turkish immigrants.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

The Course of the Working Alliance during Virtual Reality and Exposure Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Ngai ◽  
Erin C. Tully ◽  
Page L. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Working Alliance ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Exposure Group

Background: Psychoanalytic theory and some empirical research suggest the working alliance follows a “rupture and repair” pattern over the course of therapy, but given its emphasis on collaboration, cognitive behavioral therapy may yield a different trajectory. Aims: The current study compares the trajectory of the working alliance during two types of cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder – virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) and exposure group therapy (EGT), one of which (VRE) has been proposed to show lower levels of working alliance due to the physical barriers posed by the technology (e.g. no eye contact with therapist during exposure). Method: Following randomization, participants (N = 63) diagnosed with social anxiety disorder received eight sessions of manualized EGT or individual VRE and completed a standardized self-report measure of working alliance after each session. Results: Hierarchical linear modeling showed overall high levels of working alliance that changed in rates of growth over time; that is, increases in working alliance scores were steeper at the beginning of therapy and slowed towards the end of therapy. There were no differences in working alliance between the two treatment groups. Conclusion: Results neither support a rupture/repair pattern nor the idea that the working alliance is lower for VRE participants. Findings are consistent with the idea that different therapeutic approaches may yield different working alliance trajectories.

Group therapy with eating disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S558-S558
Author(s):  
E. Garcia ◽  
R. Martinez ◽  
M. Leon ◽  
F. Polo
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Social Dysfunction ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Therapy Model ◽  
Competing Interest

The aim of this abstract is shown the results obtained working, into a group model, with adolescents that suffer eating disorders.One issue that is common with that group of patients is a social dysfunction that makes them to isolate or start risk conducts as a way to integrate with partners.In some cases, isolation or risks conducts are difficult to work in a individual or family therapy model, as both of them are lack of the generational issues that adolescents live daily.So, although they may accept the need to improve their relations and social functioning, they will argue that it is not possible and that parents or therapists do not know about how difficult is that in their world.That way, in this group of patients, it is not rare that therapy become a frustrating experience that enworse patients.One solution could be group therapy because it solves generational issues and let patients help other patients to improve.The problem is that when we put together patients with eating disorders one risk is that eating conduct hidden other goals.We analyse our experience with adolescents with eating disorders and group therapy, explaining our model, goals, problems and solutions.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Traitement en groupe incluant des joueurs et des toxicomanes : atteinte des objectifs thérapeutiques et retombées

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrée-Anne Légaré ◽  
Isabelle Giroux ◽  
Francine Ferland
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Pathological Gambling ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour ◽  
Effect Of Treatment

Group therapy for multiple addictions, pathological gambling and drug dependency, has not yet been empirically validated. This study assesses the outcome of group therapy conducted with 8 gamblers and 16 substance users. Using a concurrent nested design, the study evaluates the effect of treatment on the reduction and/or elimination of the addictive behaviour. In order to better understand the findings, the study examined participants’ perceptions of group cohesion and their opinions on having a diversity of addiction problems within the group. The presence of specific therapeutic elements associated with cognitive behaviour therapy for pathological gambling was evaluated. The results suggest that 62% of the participants achieved their therapeutic objectives through the therapy. The achievement of therapeutic objectives is associated with the perception of a strong connection within the group. The participants did not appear to have had a positive opinion of the diversity of addiction problems within the group. Finally, it appears that the specific elements of cognitive behavioral therapy for pathological gambling, such as gambling specific information and cognitive restructuring of gambling distorted beliefs, are not presented to the gamblers in these groups. The study results demonstrate the need to re-examine the use of group therapy including gamblers and drug addicts, and further avenues of study are proposed.Résumé Les traitements en groupe incluant des problématiques de dépendance variées (GPDV), de jeu d’argent pathologique (JAP) et de toxicomanie, ne font pas l’objet actuellement de validation empirique. Conséquemment, la présente étude évalue les retombées des traitements en GPDV auprès de 8 joueurs et de 16 toxicomanes. Par un devis mixte de type simultané imbriqué, l’étude évalue les retombées du traitement sur l’atteinte des objectifs thérapeutiques de réduction ou de cessation du comportement de dépendance. Afin d’esquisser une piste explicative à ces retombées, l’étude examine également la force de la cohésion perçue et l’appréciation de l’hétérogénéité des problématiques de dépendance au sein du groupe. La présence de composantes spécifiques associées au traitement cognitif-comportemental du JAP est évaluée. Les résultats indiquent que 62 % des participants ont atteint leurs objectifs thérapeutiques après le traitement. L’atteinte des objectifs thérapeutique est associée à la perception d’une forte cohésion au sein du groupe. L’hétérogénéité des problématiques de dépendance au sein du groupe apparait peu appréciée des participants. Finalement, il semble que les composantes spécifiques du traitement du JAP ne sont pas présentées aux joueurs de ces groupes. À échéance, l’étude démontre la nécessité d’avoir une réflexion sur le recours au traitement en GDPV pour les joueurs et les toxicomanes et des pistes de recherches sont proposées.

scholarly journals The Effect of Interpersonal Group Therapy Toward Knowledge and Attitude of Street Sexual Workers 15–18 years Protection from Sexual Transmitted Infection at Denpasar Bali

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 072-083
Author(s):  
Levi Tina Sari
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Sex Tourism ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Therapy Model ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Protection

The province of Bali with the largest number of foreign tourists to the 9.73% growth in 2011,became the public and government concern in the case of HIV/AIDS. Denpasar city was ranked to be thefirst of people with HIV by 1,949 people (KPA province of Bali, 2012). The study on the sex tourism inASEAN is reported by the Child Wise Tourism Australia in 2007, Indonesia was considered as thedestination for sex tourism which involve children and young women. The aim of the study was toanalyze the effect of group therapy self-protection knowledge and attitudes of Commercial street sexworkers aged 15–18 years. Method: The design used in this study was pre - experimental design with thedesign of One Group Pre- test - post-test design. The sample of this study was 18 people consisting of 3groups, each group consisting of 6 persons. Snowball sampling technique was used to the respondentswho met the inclusion criteria. Result: Statistical test results using paired t - test sample showed anincrease in knowledge on STI, attitudes of self-protection. Knowledge t = 7243 , the attitude of t = 6,803with table=2:21. Discussion: The conclusion of this research showed that there were significant effect ofthe interpersonal group therapy model with knowledge of STI, attitudes of self-protection against STI tothe customer. It was suggested that socialization and coaching on the use of condoms should be increasedas well as providing sustainable skills in order to become capital for them not to go back intoprostitution.

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