Sensitivity Training: Interpersonal "Overkill" and Other Problems
JOHN L. KUEHN M.D.1, and
FRANCIS M. CRINELLA PH.D.2
1 Clinical director for counseling and mental health services, assistant professor of psychiatry, and associate professor of psychology, at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803
2 Staff psychologist, at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803
This discussion of T-groups focuses on questions of ecology, selection, leadership, and ethics. The authors identify four groups of people who they feel should be systematically excluded from T-groups: psychotics, characterologic neurotics, hysterics, and individuals in crisis. They express concern that not enough attention is being paid to the need for knowledgeable and experienced leaders for sensitivity training groups.
