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CSU Yalom Groups
CSU Yalom's Curative/Thereaputic Factors of Group Therapy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Universality | The recognition of shared experiences and feelings among group members and that these may be widespread human concerns |
| Altruism | The group is a place where members can help each other. Group members benifit by being the ones to help others |
| Instillation of hope | In a mixed group that has members at various stages of development or recovery, a member can be inspired by another member who has overcome the problems with which they are still struggling. |
| Imparting information | While this is not strictly speaking a psychotherapeutic process members often report that it has been very helpful to learn from other members in the group. For example, about community resources |
| Corrective recapitulation of the primary family experience | Members often unconsciously identify the therapist and other group members with their own parents and siblings in a form of transference. This allows group members to gain understanding of the impact of childhood experiences on current issues |
| Development of socializing techniques | The group setting provides a safe and supportive environment for members to take risks by extending their repertoire of interpersonal behaviors. |
| Imitative behaviour | One way in which group members can develop social skills is through a modeling process, observing and imitating the therapist and other group members. |
| Cohesiveness | This is the primary therapeutic factor from which all others flow. Humans are herd animals with an instinctive need to belong to groups |
| Existential factors | Learning that one has to take responsibility for one's own life and the consequences of one's decisions.Accepts the fact that responsibility for change comes from within oneself |
| Catharsis | Catharsis is the experience of relief from emotional distress through the free and uninhibited expression of emotion. |
| Interpersonal learning | Group members achieve a greater level of self-awareness through the process of interacting with others in the group who give feedback on the member's behaviour and impact on others. |
| Self-understanding | This factor overlaps with interpersonal learning but refers to the achievement of greater levels of insight into the genesis of one's problems and the unconscious motivations that underlie one's behaviour. |
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