We have developed eclectic "Intensive Dynamic Brief Group Therapy'' programs over the last 37 years in a dozen different care units (short-stay units in general hospitals, crisis centers and day units) in Spain and in Switzerland with an orientation toward the so called "Therapeutic Communities". In the last 20 years, the programs have become less psychodynamic and less democratic -somewhat ''decaffeinated, '' in fact. This, however, does not mean...