ABSTRACT
In the author's view, one important function of the group is the education and acculturation of its members, in order to achieve a level of psychological sophistication where they can identify the psychodynamics of their fellow members and themselves. His own orientation is eclectic and psychodynamic. He received a psychoanalytic background, which has been modified by his experiences with interpersonal theory, humanistic and existential psychology. One major goal of the author's work is making unconscious ambivalence conscious, so that patients are free to make conscious choices. This process makes use of interpretation. The author believes, whenever possible, that there are significant advantages to making these interpretations through stories serving as parables. The techniques of suggesting an interpretation through a story are quite easy to apply. In relation to contraindications, when using any reference to actual patients, one must be careful that information is so vague or disguised that no one's confidentiality is ever compromised.
