Managing group therapy: Further considerations

Abstract

Reports on group management of dysphasia have been sporadic over the past three or four decades, and few if any have been supported by hard evidence of their efficacy. This is not altogether surprising in view of the methodological problems involved in researching the effects of group therapy. The general tenor of these contributions is that group work is ‘a good thing’, and clinicians who work with groups are generally enthusiastic about their value (Davis and Wilcox 1985, Fawcus, 1987, 1989, Kearns 1986).