ABSTRACT
The therapist brings forth the spontaneous activity of the group and encourages the exchange of information and opinion with its many therapeutic potentialities. Therapist observes the dynamics of the group and the interpersonal relations between its members, while steering it delicately towards a therapeutic end. It is, of course, possible to conduct psychotherapeutic groups from a totally different angle. Hypnosis in groups has been practised with great success. One has to achieve the best result possible within a shortish time and has to sacrifice more far reaching therapeutic aims. Each therapist should feel free to approach it in an experimental spirit to find out the style most suited to his own personality. For difficulties in social adaptation and disturbed interpersonal relationships, which are essential factors in a neurosis, it is the method of choice—the only one in fact which can approach these matters directly on the spot.
