Consolidation of basic skills for adolescent group therapy and formation of its training system

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380953
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIMURA Kaoru 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 上級准教授 (70302635)
• Research Collaborator: KIMURA Yoshinari ; NASU Rie ; OKAMOTO Miho ; SATO Kanami
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 思春期 / 不適応 / 発達障害 / 関係性 / グループセラピー / 心理療法 / 教師研修

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Two therapy groups for maladapted junior high students were conducted; most of the participants (14 in total) showed improvement in adaptation at school. As therapeutic evolution in groups, a process was identified, wherein shapeless emotions in person bring about interpersonal events (enactment of interpersonal trauma), of which understanding deepens relatedness with each other, leading to actions in their daily life. Methods of adolescent group therapy were reviewed and reorganized, such as structure of group, therapeutic activities, basic skills, therapist’s attitudes, and interventions that are appropriate to developmental stages of group. Furthermore, analysis of trainees (1 school teacher and 3 counselors) shows that training with group enhanced a sense of emotional closeness with participants and raised confidence in flexibility of interaction.

Free Research Field

社会科学、心理学、臨床心理学