What makes for effective group therapy? Cohesion, expectation setting, and as today’s guest Thomas can attest to, not having the therapist give the middle finger to a group member. We try to make sense of Thomas’ experience by looking into research on group therapy, and we also try to make sense of our own experience of failing to find a single group therapy expert.

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Introduction: 0:00 – 9:57

Part One: 9:57 – 46:11

Part Two: 46:11 – 1:18:17

Show Notes:

• Donate to Heifer International

• I Misplaced My Phone For Forty-Five Minutes, And Now I’m A Mindfulness Expert

• Personalizing Psychotherapy: Assessing and Accommodating Patient Preferences

• Patient perspectives on working with preferences in psychotherapy: A consensual qualitative research study

• Group therapy is as effective as individual therapy, and more efficient. Here’s how to do it successfully

• Recent Developments in Group Psychotherapy Research