Healing circle
A healing circle is a group that is formed with the aim of interaction among people with psychological distress, where through interaction among group members, psychological problems are sort. A more inclusive term for this is group therapy. Many emotional problems involve difficulties in relating to others, including feelings of isolation, rejection, and loneliness and an inability to form meaningful relationships. Although the therapist can help the client work out some of these problems, the final test lies in how well the person can apply the attitudes and responses learned in therapy to relationships in everyday life. Group therapy allows clients to work out their problems in the presence of others, observe how other people react to their behavior, and try out new ways of responding when old ones prove unsatisfactory. It is often used as a supplement to individual psychotherapy. Group therapy has been used in a variety of settings: in hospital wards and outpatient psychiatric clinics, with parents of disturbed children, and with teenagers in correctional institutions, to name a few.