ABSTRACT
The data for theorizing on group dynamics are present in all types of groups. Its availability varies from group to group. In the therapeutic group the uncovering process is not only permissible but pertinent and expected; and in the analytic variety it can be carried out with a minimum of interference and distortion of the material. It should be emphasized that the spontaneous dynamisms observed in the treatment situation exist in all other life groups. The therapeutic group is especially susceptible to the development of exhibitionistic-voyeuristic transactions. Like every other ingredient of the group, transactional phenomena may work both for and against therapy. The focus has shifted from the psychopathology of the individual to the psychopathology of the sub-group, and finally to the psychopathology of the group as a whole contrasting itself with the therapist, and at this point group analysis and group interpretation become possible.
