Groups A Counseling Specialty

Name: Groups A Counseling Specialty
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ISBN: 9780131735958

ISBN-10: 0131735950

ISBN-13: 9780131735958

Edition: 5th 2008

Authors: Samuel T. Gladding

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The fifth edition of this highly readable book examines all of the essential skills required to be an effective leader of a variety of groups in a variety of settings. It explores the history of group therapy work, and the development of groupshow they grow, how they change, and how various groups differ. It addresses the specifics of working with children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. And, it discusses ten prominent theoretical perspectives from which groups can be approached, covering how each theory evolved, how it is practiced, and the results it most commonly achieves.Includes coverage of working with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients in groups and includes expanded coverage of the…

Book details

List price: $124.20
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 5/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




History and Other Aspects of Group Development



History and Trends of Group Works and Current Trends


Uses of Groups Before 1900


Growth of Group Work: 1900 to the Present


1900 to 1909


1910 to 1919


1920 to 1929


1930 to 1939


1940 to 1949


1950 to 1959


1960 to 1969


1970 to 1979


1980 to 1989


1990 to 1999


Current Trends in Group Work


Training/Education in Group Work


Technology and Group Work


Studies on Group Effectiveness


Brief Group Work: Solution-Focused Counseling Groups


The Future of Group Work


Summary and Conclusion


Classroom Exercises



Types of Group Work


Models of Specialty Groups


Psychoeducational Groups


An Example of Psychoeducational Group Work: Life-Skills Development Groups


Counseling Groups


An Example of a Counseling Group: A Counseling Group for Counselors


Psychotherapy Groups


An Example of Group Psychotherapy: Group Work With Abusers and the Abused


Task/Work Groups


An Example of Task/Work Groups: Teams


Mixed Groups and a Proposed Regrouping of Categories


An Example of a Mixed Group: A Consumer-Oriented Group


Summary and Conclusion


Classroom Exercises



Group Dynamics


Group Content and Group Process


Group Content


Group Process


Balance Between Content and Process


The Group as a System: A Way of Explaining Group Dynamics


Influencing Group Dynamics


Preplanning


Group Structure


Group Exercises


Group Interaction


Membersrsquo; Rolesnbsp;


The Effect of Positive and Negative Variables on Group Dynamics


Learning Group Dynamics


Group, Individual, and Family Dynamics


Persons


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