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The nurse’s role in group therapy

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Note that the terms nurse, therapist and leader are used interchangeably in this chapter.

No man can come to know himself except as an outcome of disclosing himself to another person.’ (Jourard, 1971).

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Peggy Martin

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Martin, P. (1987). The nurse’s role in group therapy. In: Martin, P. (eds) Psychiatric Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09408-0_9

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