ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the purpose of therapy and led some group Therapists to discourage group members from giving advice. After all, many patients have first sought advice from family, friends, radio talk shows, and self-help books. He would ignore taking care of some of his household needs as well as attention to his career and social life. Patients typically respond to this intervention by examining their behavioral patterns and history. The unconscious purpose of advice giving is to avoid feelings inherent in examining the meaning of patients' struggles. Therapeutic neutrality has often been defined by what it is not. In a therapy group, although the group leader might not offer advice, it is difficult to prevent group members from doing so. Although there are no specific contraindications, an indiscriminate application of the advice giving intervention can amount to group members experiencing the group Therapist as being disingenuous.
