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Characteristic Processes and Therapeutic Strategies in a Homogeneous Group for Depressed Outpatients

This article discusses the characteristic processes that we have observed and the therapeutic strategies we have used in an open-ended homogeneous group of depressed outpatients. The continuing group, has met 100 evenings across 30 months of weekly 1-hour sessions. Eighty people have attended during that period, including 29 males (36%) and 51 females (64%). Members were predominantly in their 30s and 40s, with an age range from 22 to 55 years. Fourteen patients or 18% of the total stayed for one session only, and the average course of treatment for the remaining 66 patients was eight sessions. One person attended 29 sessions over 18 months and another attended 26 sessions over 8 months. No two group meetings have had the same constellation of patients, because persons