Comprehensive review of almost all literature in past 25 years on group therapy with the visually impaired. Discusses uses of groups with different age groups, for adjustment and for relief of stress. Describes in detail several specific approaches to groups of the visually impaired and discusses some of the problems such as extreme diversity of groups, lack of means of measurement of change and identifies issues that need research.
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