ABSTRACT
Yalom (1985) writes that the major impetus for learning is the therapy group. The structure of the group is a microcosm of the patient’s cultural world. Through repeated experiences in the group, group members learn about interpersonal relations. Feedback from the group and observation allows interpersonal relations to reach higher levels. Through this process group members learn repeatedly that part of their former perception of themselves is distorted. Yalom (1985) holds the view that insight and transference have less therapeutic value than the “corrective emotional experience” of the authentic interpersonal reciprocal relations taking place in the group.
