How do psychotherapy students experience learning in groups? To answer this question, the Manchester Course in Group Psychotherapy asked its students to evaluate and describe their experiences over a period of six years. The results show that learning in psychotherapy is both painful and rewarding. Much change can be made in 30 weeks of a group experiential learning situation. But, most importantly, an analytic group is an excellent setting for learning about psychotherapy.
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