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encounter group

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encounter group: see group psychotherapy group psychotherapy, a means of changing behavior and emotional patterns, based on the premise that much of human behavior and feeling involves the individual's adaptation and response to other people.
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A chance invitation led him into an encounter group on a retreat run by the Creative Initiative Foundation in California.
If the students are assigned to groups, they can often encounter group conflict with unproductive team members, have personality clashes with community partners or simply not place the same value on service to others as their colleagues or instructor.
Working with encounter group leader Dennis Walsh, I videotaped while a girl stood in the middle of the group with her eyes closed and described how she thought people were reacting to her then and there.
 
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