ABSTRACT
If the conductor is the same person who has taken the preparatory steps we have described then this was of course part of his function. Under other circumstances, the preliminary steps may be the function of a different doctor, perhaps the consultant, and the conductor takes the group over himself only when it first assembles. When the introductory functions are performed by the consultant, it is desirable that the conductor has met the group together with the consultant at the introductory session.
