The widening gulf: Group therapy training and traditional training models

The decline of training programs using traditional methods in group psychot herapy training may correspond to a static growth in membership and certifi cations in the two recognized national group associations. In addition, the increasing distance of group therapy from family therapy, two modalities t hat utilize group principles, may further illustrate the isolation of group training from the reality of today's practice. New ideas are needed for tr aining programs to combine the varieties of group practice and settings, an d the various practitioners, with standards of competency. A three-tiered t raining model may serve as an example of a training model that moves in a m uch needed new direction.