TY - JOUR
T1 - Confidentiality Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy:Management Strategies and Utility of Guidelines
AU - Roback, Howard B.
AU - Purdon, Scot E.
AU - Ochoa, Elizabeth
AU - Bloch, Frank
PY - 1992/5
Y1 - 1992/5
N2 - This article examines how 100 experienced group psychotherapists report that they would manage problematic ethical incidents related to confidentiality. Findings suggest a relation between therapist gender, office location (private practice, public outpatient, hospital), degree of societal threat explicit in the incident (e.g., threats ofphysical endangerment), and management strategies. There is also some indication that psychoanalytically oriented group therapists are less likely than non-analytically oriented clinicians to contact authorities when confronted with psycholegal issues. Limitations in the study and directions for future research are discussed.
AB - This article examines how 100 experienced group psychotherapists report that they would manage problematic ethical incidents related to confidentiality. Findings suggest a relation between therapist gender, office location (private practice, public outpatient, hospital), degree of societal threat explicit in the incident (e.g., threats ofphysical endangerment), and management strategies. There is also some indication that psychoanalytically oriented group therapists are less likely than non-analytically oriented clinicians to contact authorities when confronted with psycholegal issues. Limitations in the study and directions for future research are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84965484719&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1046496492232002
DO - 10.1177/1046496492232002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84965484719
SN - 1046-4964
VL - 23
SP - 169
EP - 184
JO - Small Group Research
JF - Small Group Research
IS - 2
ER -