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Originally Posted by mixedup_emotions
Thanks, geez. My group T is a process-oriented group (gestalt based), so what tends to happen is - someone will bring up a topic, and then the session evolves to people reacting to people's reactions, focusing on what's going on between people in the room - leaving the original issue hanging out to dry. I find that it usually veers very far from the original topic, leaving the person initiating it in a vulnerable and dissatisfied position. I don't want that to be me.
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I'm not sure exactly what gestalt based group therapy is like so let me take a crack at it:
Someone brings up a topic and other people in the group ask a question or give support to the person who brought up the topic. Often the therapist would then direct to the people offering support/asking questions why they said xyz and how does the question or support relate to themselves?