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Encounter group A form of humanistic therapy in which participants meet with a trained leader to increase self-awareness and social skills through emotional sharing and confrontation. Mentioned in: Human-Potential Movement encounter group Sensitivity group Psychiatry A psychotherapist-directed meeting of similarly out-of-their-minded people who attempt, en masse, to resolve shared conflicts or anxieties, by ↑ self-awareness and understanding of group dynamics How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A chance invitation led him into an encounter group on a retreat run by the Creative Initiative Foundation in California. If the students are assigned to groups, they can often encounter group conflict with unproductive team members, have personality clashes with community partners or simply not place the same value on service to others as their colleagues or instructor. Working with encounter group leader Dennis Walsh, I videotaped while a girl stood in the middle of the group with her eyes closed and described how she thought people were reacting to her then and there. |
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