What is it that distinguishes the psychosynthetic approach to group work from other kinds of approaches? This
is the question which we have set in this paper-a question which it would be premature to attempt to answer in a
definitive way, but toward which we can begin to make some preliminary probes, if only to stimulate
discussion. Our tactic will be to analyze certain fundamental principles and premises of such a group rather than
to concentrate on the description of specific techniques, though some of the latter will be referred to for
purposes of illustration.