Between “Yesterday and Today”. A description of group therapy in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow.

The following article is an attempt to present the model of group interaction conducted in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the University Hospital in Krakow. It describes both the beginnings of group interaction conducted by the team of Prof. M. Orwid, Prof. J. Bomba and dr W. Badure- Madej as well as the model developed by the current team of the clinic. The structure and setting of group interaction conducted in the stationary ward, the therapeutic framework, supervision process, and the method of conducting group therapy are described. The article describes the changes in the understanding and conduct of group therapy that have taken place over the years.