encounter group 
noun chiefly US
A group of people who meet to gain psychological benefit through close contact with one another.I was torn between running an encounter group and running Poetry Project....
- Taylor says: ‘Women have turned the office into an encounter group.’
- I'm not talking about a touchy-feely encounter group approach or a hand-holding session.
- primarize
- primary
- primary age
- primary amputation
- primary bow
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- primary caregiver
- primary caretaker
- primary cell
- primary cell wall
- primary colour
- primary constriction
- primary dealer
- primary education
- primary election
- primary endosperm nucleus
- primary evidence
- primary feather
- primary group
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- primary meristem