* persons lacking communication skills
* those who lack the motivation to attend group sessions regularly or who refuse to keep information about other group members confidential outside of the group
* people who are severely disturbed
* individuals who are intellectually impaired
* those suffering from chronic depression
* psychopathic or sociopathic adolescents (who do not have a sense of social conscience)
Group therapy, as we have noted, also appeals less to inner-directed individuals and is therefore less likely to be helpful to them.
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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
For couples and families with problems of
communication, strain, and conflict,
and for individuals whose difficulties
are best resolved with the participation
of other family members.
The family is the basic source of health or sickness.
Vincent D. Foley, Current Psychotherapies