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Conceptualizing process.

Nina W Brown1

  • 1Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
|April 26, 2003
PubMed
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This study reviewed definitions of "process" in group counseling and therapy literature. It proposes a new definition and framework to better understand group dynamics at both individual and group levels.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Group counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy literature lacks a unified definition of
  • process
  • .

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review existing definitions of
  • process
  • in group work literature.
  • To propose a new definition and conceptual framework for understanding group process.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of current textbooks on group counseling, group therapy, and group psychotherapy.
  • Categorization of definitions into structural, action, interactions and relationships, and types.

Main Results:

  • A wide variety of definitions for

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  • process
  • were identified.
  • Most definitions failed to distinguish between micro-level (individual) and macro-level (group) process.

    • Conclusions:

    • A proposed definition and conceptual framework for group process are presented.
    • A schema for process commentary, distinguishing micro and macro levels, is offered with clinical examples.