Experiencing level in the process of group development

The Experiencing Scale, a process research instrument used to assess the process of self-exploration in psychotherapy, was applied to both clients and therapists in group psychotherapy. The instrument was used to study the process of development in the group as a whole, and to study how individual patterns of self-exploration are affected by the group's developmental process. Initial results exemplify how the scale can be used to explore these processes. At the whole group level, the scale reflects change points or shifts in the group's development from one phase to another. At the individual level, comparison of data between individual members reveals a charcteristic turn-taking pattern of self-sexploration in phase three of the group's development.