@inbook{10.5749/j.cttts6vm.8,
 ISBN = {9780816659869},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts6vm.8},
 abstract = {THE responses patients make in a group setting are regulated by their needs, their wishes to change, and the extent to which they can tolerate psychic pain. These items in turn color the reactions of patients, one to another and to the therapist, who faces always the task of finding his proper relationship to the unit as a whole and to each member in it. Competently to effect this requires the strategic skill of at once directing and permitting.The responsibility for setting a cohesive pattern, of course, rests with the therapist and necessitates his comprehension of and his sensitivity},
 bookauthor = {ROBERT G. HINCKLEY and LYDIA HERMANN},
 booktitle = {Group Treatment in Psychotherapy: A Report of Experience},
 edition = {NED - New edition},
 pages = {21--48},
 publisher = {University of Minnesota Press},
 title = {The Function of the Therapist},
 year = {1951}
}