Battegay R
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1976 Dec 18;106(51):1877-82.
Psychiatry has learned to regard the human being not only as an individual but as a social being. Accordingly, group psychotherapy has come increasingly to the fore in recent years and decades. In general the term "group psychotherapy" means simultaneous psychotherapy of a number of patients by one or two therapists. Sociological-interactional-horizontal and deep psychological-motivational-vertical components combine in the therapeutic group to produce a resultant. Insight into unconscious motivations and social learning are stimulated in the therapeutic group. Through group psychotherapy, which can be administered as a treatment method alone or in combination with other therapies, inpatients and outpatients experience a framework which activates former experiences of collective life situations, e.g. in the family, and social valencies. Irrespective of the method of group psychotherapy (activity group psychotherapy, directive-suggestive group psychotherapy, group analysis, psychodrame or one of the accelerating methods) the group should always be group- and not leader-centered. Hitherto published results of group psychotherapy show that the treatment depends much more on the therapeutic commitment of the therapist (moderator, facilitator) than on the psychotherapeutic school to which the belongs.
精神病学已认识到，不应仅将人视为个体，而应视为社会存在。因此，近年来乃至数十年来，团体心理治疗日益受到重视。一般而言，“团体心理治疗”一词指由一两名治疗师同时对多名患者进行心理治疗。在治疗团体中，社会学互动水平成分与深层心理动机垂直成分相结合，产生一种合力。治疗团体激发对无意识动机的洞察和社会学习。通过可单独作为一种治疗方法或与其他疗法联合使用的团体心理治疗，住院患者和门诊患者体验到一个能激活以往集体生活情境（如家庭生活情境）体验及社会化合价的框架。无论团体心理治疗方法如何（活动团体心理治疗、指导-暗示团体心理治疗、团体分析、心理剧或其中一种加速疗法），团体都应以团体为中心，而非以领导者为中心。迄今已发表的团体心理治疗结果表明，治疗效果更多取决于治疗师（主持人、促进者）的治疗投入，而非其所属的心理治疗学派。
