Can we collaborate? Mistakes made when group and individual therapists ignore multiple realities

Often, group therapists collaborate with individual therapists in conjoint treatment. Many of these patients start in individual therapy and are referred to the group to help facilitate the treatment and address interpersonal and relational issues that either cannot or will not be addressed in the individual work. Although this has the potential to foster incredible growth for patients, it may also cause problems in treatment when collaboration between therapists falls apart. The current paper will examine mistakes made when multiple realities about a patient are ignored during the pregroup screening and preparation, and feedback from group treatment is not integrated into individual therapy. Clinical examples will be used with specific recommendations for combined treatment planning and interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record