The present study was designed with the objective of comparing the initial availability of a group of students for a proposal of theoretical-living learning with self-observed changes at the end of the process. The gourp consisted of 12 students enrolled in the discipline "Dynamics of Human Relations" wich is offered in a Post-Graduate Program for professionals in the Mental Health Area. The data were obtained from the responses of the participants to open questions asked at the beginning and at the end of the group process and were analyzed by content category analysis. The results showed that the lack of initial availability for the group task did not represent a factor preventing later positive changes, whereas availability associated with personal needs for interaction represented a limit for the reach of this type of proposal.
