The F factor: Modifications in the Course of Group Psycho-therapy Training

There are many reasons that bring a person to training in group therapy, or to add this training to that of being physicians, psychologists, social workers or nurses. It may be for economic, social, ethical or personal reasons but it is very often an additional reason that is more difficult to define. It can be recognized through the following features: a) the desire to help those who are suffering or help a specific category of people: psychiatric patients, the elderly or children, b) the feeling that the chosen profession will make it possible to change the world and make it a better place, c) the conviction tainted with hope that by choosing that profession, a meaning will be given to life and to our presence on earth, d) the idea that theory and practice of psychotherapy have the extraordinary capacity of bringing about a positive change and those who master both this theory and this practice have special powers.