I have heard of psychotherapists who sometimes have groups of their patients as the treatment modality. Myself, I feel very uncomfortable in this environment, disclosing stuff to "strangers". It sounds like something borrowed from AA meetings. Is there any situation where a group of patients can be beneficial to an individual? (Of course if one is institutionalized or in some kind of residential treatment, then I guess the groups are inevitable because you are just there anyway). I have heard they do a lot of groups with eating disorders, maybe this is specialized type of treatment.