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The theoretical cornerstone of the Ormont Method of Group Psychotherapy
and Leadership is that the Group is the Agent of Change. |
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To the extent the group leader can effectively engage group members
to interact directly and responsibly with each other in very specific ways, a
transformative and generative power emerges in the group that is many, many times
greater than any group leader could ever hope to engender through his or her
direct intervention. |
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How effective can group members really be? |
The capacity of the power of the group-
To heal group members,
to meet maturational needs,
to deepen the capacity for rewarding human relationships,
and to make rewarding and productive life commitments
-is potentially limitless. |
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Are Dr. Ormont's techniques useful only in therapy groups? |
Dr. Ormont's techniques are based on psychoanalytic and developmental
theories and clinical experience. They were developed primarily for
psychotherapeutic groups.
These principals of group theory and
group interaction continue to be developed and are being effectively
applied in all settings where groups of people convene. They can enhance
and increase personal and interpersonal meaning, satisfaction, communication,
creativity, and productivity, and promote group cohesion. |
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Where does the transformative and generative power of the group
come from? |
Dr. Ormont has developed and refined skills and techniques with which group
leaders may cultivate healthy channels of expression and interaction between
and among group members.
As these channels grow stronger, human relationship
between and among group members becomes the cradle that nurtures unprecedented
human growth. The creative power comes from the rich diversity of group members'
own experience, personalities, perspectives, strengths, and talents. |
