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encounter group

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encounter group
n.
A typically unstructured psychotherapy group in which the participants seek to increase their sensitivity, responsiveness, and emotional expressiveness, as by freely verbalizing and responding to emotions.
encounter group
n
(Psychology) a group of people who meet in order to develop self-awareness and mutual understanding by openly expressing their feelings, by confrontation, physical contact, etc.
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Noun1.encounter group - a meeting of people to develop mutual understanding by freely expressing emotions
psychotherapy group - a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes
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encounter group
n (Psych) → Selbsterfahrungsgruppe f


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A chance invitation led him into an encounter group on a retreat run by the Creative Initiative Foundation in California.
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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.
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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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