Individuative counseling is often necessary as a precursor to group therapy. Individuals may deeply ensconced in their cognitive impasse requiring methods to extract the inherent problems before they are ready for group counseling.
I am in search for publications that focus on the differences between group and individual therapy and appropriate ethical considerations.
I would be grateful for any assistance you might provide.
I suspect that the answer would depend on a number of variables, especially the problem being treated, the willingness of the participant and a variety of personality characteristics. That being said the article below found no difference when treating children with anxiety disorders:
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;49(8):886-93.
No differences between group versus individual treatment of childhood anxiety disorders in a randomised clinical trial.
Liber JM1, Van Widenfelt BM, Utens EM, Ferdinand RF, Van der Leeden AJ, Van Gastel W, Treffers PD.
My book "Regeneração de Vénus, ..." is an analysis of progression and functional reorganization of a patient.
The book ""Fábrica de loucos" is the effect of psychotherapeutic treatments of various patients.
I agree that some individuals may need individual counseling as a precursor to group.
However, also consider that a person may be more comfortable initially in the group setting and that it may help them to participate in that before dealing with the more direct focus of individual therapy.
Just a consideration!
The attached is a book chapter that offers some distinctions in terms of skill usage.
Thank you for your valuable responses!
My particular focus will be on how educational support groups are efficacious as a precursor to individual counseling. My approach will be to examine how normalizing cognitive dissonance among students (undergraduate and graduate) will prepare them for sharing their career ambiguity. Using constructionist life themes they will identify how their "real self" may evolve into vestiges of their "ideal self" to develop agency thinking. Consequently, this will necessarily prepare them for more focused individual counseling sessions where assessments may be observed to validate their pathway thinking.
I will also be identifying ethical considerations within this domain. Any research papers that might support the contours of this topic would be most welcome.
I'm sorry, I don't know of any research papers relating to that, but there must be something out there on the benefits of educating patients/clients/students on the therapeutic process before starting treatment.
I think what you are describing would make an excellent paper and would enjoy hearing about how it progresses.
"Using constructionist life themes they will identify how their "real self" may evolve into vestiges of their "ideal self" to develop agency thinking."
There's a theoretic piece on the above quote just waiting to be written!
Hi, have a look into the chapter: Change mechanism and effectiveness of small group treatments by, Burlingame, Strauss&Joyce in Lambert, M. (2013) Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior change, Wiley). There you can find the rlevant studies (page 663 f)
Hi Blair: My book, "Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy--A Conspiracy of Silence" Rowman & Littlefield 2014 may be of interest to you. While it doesn't address your specific focus, there are discussions of the differences between individual and group psychotherapy. Specifically, there is a chapter on the ethical implications of dual relationships that may be relevant for the type of group that you describe. The book also contains an extensive bibliography. You can check it out on my website drpepperphd.com and read the blog. Let me know if you find the book useful. Rob Pepper
Hi Blair: My book, "Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy--A Conspiracy of Silence" Rowman & Littlefield 2014 may be of interest to you. While it doesn't address your specific focus, there are discussions of the differences between individual and group psychotherapy. Specifically, there is a chapter on the ethical implications of dual relationships that may be relevant for the type of group that you describe. The book also contains an extensive bibliography. You can check it out on my website drpepperphd.com and read the blog. Let me know if you find the book useful. Rob Pepper
Hi again,
here you can download the handbook chapter on evidence based group research I talked about.
http://www.agpa.org/home/practice-resources
enjoy!
Rainer
Many thanks Rainer and all of my colleagues you have been kind enough to offer their professional insight!
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