activity group psychotherapy

noun

variants or activity group therapy
: group psychotherapy in which the subjects (as children) are permitted to act out their repressed impulses in the presence of a nonparticipating therapist

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of activity group psychotherapy was in 1944

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“Activity group psychotherapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/activity%20group%20psychotherapy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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