Specific characteristics of the group psychotherapy of neurotic patients who survived war traumatization

The paper will show specific characteristics of the psychodynamic group psychotherapy in the small group of patients. Primary indications for the psychotherapy were expressed neurotic disorders. All patients have survived war traumatization, and some survived trauma of being refugee and separation from the other family members. Therapeutic atmosphere suitable for exploration of the neurotic conflicts has been created. At the same time traumatic contents that were asking for cognitive and emotional elaboration were emerging from time to time. We have supported that with the continuous effort to bring the patient closer to the identified clear connection between neurotic symptoms, early infantile traumatization and stronger sensibility to the experience of the war traumatization related to it. By better awareness and understanding the patient has been increasing the ability to deal with the neurotic conflict as well as with the psychological injuries created during the war traumatization.