 In group therapy, superego resistance may be externalised or internalised.In the first case, a moralistic sub-group may form, which is hypercritical of other, less conformist members; while in the second case (of internalisation), the severity of the inward conscience, and the need for punishment, may lead to action destructive to the self and to the progress of the treatment.Freud viewed all five categories of resistance as requiring more than just intellectual insight or understanding to overcome.