USING GROUP PARTICIPANTS PERCEPTIONS OF THERAPEUTIC FACTORS TO FORM CLIENT TYPOLOGIES

Cluster analysis was used to categorize group participants by the spec ific therapeutic factors identified as most critical to their experien ce in the group. The 114 group participants filled our a critical inci dent form at the end of each group session and judges placed these for ms into therapeutic factor categories. Results revealed four types of group participants labeled broad-spectrum responders, self-reflective responders, other-directed responders, and affective responders. Clini cal and research implications of the results are discussed.