Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: THEORY AND REALITY

Dr. Yalom is obviously an intelligent individual who appeals to graduate students in psychology with little if no knowledge of group psychotherapy. In theory everything is wonderful, interesting, and exciting. In practice, well that is another story. It will be interesting to see how well one is able to translate the book into actual practice where the value and importance of any text becomes glaringly known. Having been a student and clinician and professor, I can attest to the bewilderment students experience when they begin running groups and this book is not one that a novice can fall back on to survive the trials and tribulations of leading groups. It is a good read, like Freud is a good read but needs to be viewed more in a historical sense rather than a practical sense.