Humanistic group therapy

I''m venturing to create a new therapy group for our agency. It contains 5 focuses; Creativity, Humor, Self-Expression, Praxis, and Curiosity.

My point in creating this group is that so much of psychotherapy is focused on what's wrong. Clients have often spent their entire lives in the first two stages of Maslow's hierarchy, often their identity centers around their mental illness. My goal is to help clients strengthen their capacity for passion, as I believe that having a passion for something is what carries us through life's crises. People who are focused increasingly on self-directed activities rather than simply trying to cope end up controlling their destiny rather than being controlled by it.

I have been searching Maslow for empirically supported research on how this works in a therapeutic setting. I would appreciate any input as to what others are doing in these areas.

I am particularly stumped on the humor aspect. It's not that I'm not funny, but I'm stuck as to how to use this in a structured way.

Any feedback would be most appreciated.

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Re:Humanistic group therapy, by Hephzibah Kaplan, 03/17/02 Re:Humanistic group therapy, by Monica, 03/18/02

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