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The Regressed Inpatient Group in a Graded Group Treatment Program

This article describes the progress of severely regressed inpatients as part of a graded group treatment program. Leaders must actively initiate structure, formulate goals, and emphasize the eventual “graduation” of patients to higher-level groups. Essential qualities of the group leaders and countertransference issues are discussed.

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