O'Brien Tom
Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland, and in private practice. He is a former president of the Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists.
Int J Group Psychother. 2015 Oct;65(4):617-25. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.4.617.
Australia is a vast country with a relatively small population living in cities separated by long distances. It is a wealthy country with a highly developed mental health system in which psychotherapy has a limited, but recognized, place. Group psychotherapists are a small but active community within that mental health world. Limitations in numbers, influence, and authority have left group psychotherapy on the margins of universities and major mental health organizations. A commitment to thoughtful clinical work, a willingness to reach out to vulnerable people, and some signs of flexibility in clinical approaches promise a strengthening of the role of group psychotherapy in Australia.
澳大利亚是一个幅员辽阔的国家，人口相对较少，居住在相距甚远的城市中。它是一个富裕的国家，拥有高度发达的心理健康系统，心理治疗在其中的地位有限但得到认可。团体心理治疗师在那个心理健康领域中是一个规模虽小但活跃的群体。人数、影响力和权威性方面的限制使团体心理治疗处于大学和主要心理健康组织的边缘地位。对深思熟虑的临床工作的投入、接触弱势群体的意愿以及临床方法上的一些灵活性迹象预示着团体心理治疗在澳大利亚的作用将得到加强。
