Here is how your behavior influences your opinion of yourself.

If you are to perform your task of assisting the group to establish therapeutic norms, and if you are to diagnose group blockage and intervene strategically to encourage healthy development, you must have a sense of both favorable and flawed development.

destined merely to re-create in the group the same duplicitous modes of relating to others that exist outside the group.

even more important clue: the therapist’s own feelings in the meeting,

We will discuss the techniques of the therapist in respect to three fundamental tasks: 1. Creation and maintenance of the group 2. Building a group culture 3. Activation and illumination of the here-and-now

Ask yourself: “What makes the person boring? When am I most and least bored? How can I find the person—the real, the lively, spontaneous,

the one who never supports or inquires—all these omissions are part of the transactional process of the group.

fact, the overall interpersonal effect of Kevin’s presentation was to make others aware of his affluence and power.

pique at being interrupted, irritation at members who are habitually late, anger at the therapist for charging him money, and so on. Gradually, the client is helped to relate openly to the other members and to demythologize himself as a destructive being.