Such groups (also called [[T-group (social psychology)|"T" (training) groups]] and "[[sensitivity training]]" groups) explored new models of [[interpersonal communication]] and the intensification of [[psychology|psychological]] experience.  The first groups were experimental efforts by health researchers and workers, trying to move away from the "sickness" [[group work]] model used in the psychiatric industries of the time.  In later years, these pioneering groups evolved into educational and treatment schemes for non-psychiatric people.

Such groups (also called [[T-group (social psychology)|"T" (training) groups]] and "[[sensitivity training]]" groups) explored new models of [[interpersonal communication]] and the intensification of [[psychology|psychological]] experience.  The first groups were experimental efforts by health researchers and workers, trying to move away from the "sickness" [[group work]] model used in the psychiatric industries of the time.  In later years, these pioneering groups evolved into educational and treatment schemes for non-psychiatric people.

A commercialized strand of the encounter group movement developed into [[Large Group Awareness Training]]. Other variations have included the nude encounter group, where participants are naked, and the marathon encounter group, where participants carry on for 24 hours or longer without sleep.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Zick|coauthors=McNeil, Elton B.|title=The psychology of being human|publisher=Harper & Row|date=1983|pages=419 (3rd Edition)|isbn=9780060443788 (4th Edition)|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?client=firefox-a&id=QZ5FAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22nude+encounter%22&q=divested#search_anchor}}</ref>

A commercialized strand of the encounter group movement developed into Large Group Awareness Training. Other variations have included the nude encounter group, where participants are naked, and the marathon encounter group, where participants carry on for 24 hours or longer without sleep.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Zick|coauthors=McNeil, Elton B.|title=The psychology of being human|publisher=Harper & Row|date=1983|pages=419 (3rd Edition)|isbn=9780060443788 (4th Edition)|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?client=firefox-a&id=QZ5FAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22nude+encounter%22&q=divested#search_anchor}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

*Encounter Groups, Carl Rogers, 1970

*Encounter Groups, Carl Rogers, 1970

*Theory and Practice of Group Counseling, second edition, by Gerald Corey, 1985

*Theory and Practice of Group Counseling, second edition, by Gerald Corey, 1985