Group Therapy

Group therapy has its roots from WWII but is still very common today. There are many different factors of group therapy. The first is that group therapy offers new information to individuals. The group leader may offer advice but also group members share their experiences. This leads to the presence of hope by both the therapist and group members. Another factor to group therapy is universality which shows that everyone struggles with problems and that an individual is not alone (BOOK). A benefit of group therapy is that it is sometimes run by a person who has gone through the same issues (Coleman, 2005). Interpersonal learning is another factor in group therapy where an individual can learn a new set of social skills and practice them in the