International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
April 2022
Victoria Nieborowska, Julie Gorenko, Erin Shumlich et al.
The novel SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has hastened the adoption of virtual services, including telepsychology, to maintain services for clients with mental health concerns. While mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for relapse prevention for many psychiatric disorders has been effectively adapted into an internet-delivered platform, there is little guidance provided in the literature...
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
May 6, 2019
Emily Wharton, N. Kanas
Over the past several decades, there has been a proliferation of research on the use of mindfulness techniques that increase awareness of present-moment thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations in the treatment of anxiety disorders. The first study of one of these approaches, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), found significant decreases in anxiety, panic, and depressive symptoms...
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
2017
Thomas Pedulla
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is a time-limited (eight-week) group therapy program designed to help participants manage depression, anxiety, and other forms of emotional distress. Research has shown it to be especially effective in reducing symptoms of depression and preventing relapse. In addition to attending the eight weekly group meetings, participants are expected to complete...
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
October 1, 2001
V L Schermer
Mysticism is a heightened awareness facilitating intuitive knowledge of group realities. In contrast to logical positivism, in which scientific knowledge consists of logic applied to a set of observations, the author holds that mystical awareness is pertinent to the conduct of therapy groups. The work of Bion, and also so-called "structuralist" theories, postulate pre-given templates that...
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
1998
J R Jacques
This article explores the analytic therapy group as a spiritual community that can deepen the implications of group transference. From this perspective, group-as-a-whole dynamics include a spiritual dimension in addition to the recapitulation of the family of origin. Clinical vignettes are introduced from a midphase group to illustrate a means of working with spiritual and religious themes...