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Group therapy for adults with a learning disability: use of active techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gill Salmon and
Shirley Abell
Gill Salmon*
Affiliation:
Child and Family Psychiatric Service, Brookside Clinic, Station Way, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 2SQ
Shirley Abell
Affiliation:
Slade Resource Centre, Horspath Driftway, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JH
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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We describe our experience of running a group using active therapy techniques for adults with a teaming disability, and briefly explore cognitive developmental theory in an attempt to understand some of our observations.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , April 1996, pp. 221 - 223
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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