ABSTRACT
Baba Ram Dass, author of the classic cult book of the early 1970s, ReMember Be Here Now. That concept: the 'present', which in psychology can be termed 'immediacy, the here and now or being in the moment'. They all represent the same thing and what they represent is an effective tool of intervention in interpersonal learning for clients in group therapy. The need to keep the group and group Members in the 'present' can be a difficult undertaking for the group Therapist as there often is a pull from the individual group Members and the group-as-a-whole to verbally leave the room and return to anachronistic events in their lives. In group therapy, the 'here and now' intervention is an effective opportunity for providing interpersonal learning that ultimately can reinforce personality change and restructuring. This intervention is suggested for short- and long-term process groups that are designed for interpersonal learning.
