TIME-LIMITED GROUP-PSYCHOTHERAPY - HAS CINDERELLA FOUND HER PRINCE

The time-limited group psychotherapy treatment format is in demand in a healthcare delivery system that is increasingly concerned with effec tive and efficient methods for treating acute mental health problems a nd maintaining patients in the community. The empirical literature pro vides strong support for the positive outcome of relatively brief trea tment. A larger service delivery system ensures a flow of patients who can be managed in a variety of types of groups. This will require the group clinician to become comfortable working in conjunction with a l arger system and knowledgably delivering different types of treatment while continuing to rise the group itself as a major source of therape utic power.