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The philosophical foundation of the\n                    <jats:italic>REAL<\/jats:italic>\n                    group is Viktor Frankl\u2019s logotherapy, which emphasizes the role of the human spirit and posits that meaning is achieved through living out one\u2019s fundamental responsibility to actualize whatever values are available in a given moment. Constructive psychotherapy operates from core assumptions about client autonomy, an inherent drive toward meaning, the influential impact of experiences with others, and a capacity to live within one understanding of reality while simultaneously considering other possibilities. These assumptions shape the format and processes of the\n                    <jats:italic>REAL<\/jats:italic>\n                    group. Finally, meaning reconstruction provides the overarching structure for processing grief and loss that retains sufficient coherence around shared tasks and experiences to facilitate a group experience, while also maintaining space for each person\u2019s particular journey of lamenting and reckoning with the aftermath of a moral violation. 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