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| Introduction | |
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| What This Book Will Do and What It Will Not Do | |
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| Taking an Experiential Journey | |
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| Some Legitimate Concerns | |
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| A Structure That Goes Beyond Basics | |
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| Meet Your Authors | |
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| What You Can Expect | |
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| Some Final Advice | |
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| Foundations of Group Work | |
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| The World of Groups | |
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| The Challenge of Leading Groups | |
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| The Joys of Leading Groups | |
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| The World of Groups | |
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| Kinds of Groups | |
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| Universal Therapeutic Factors in Groups | |
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| Do Groups Work? | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Your Behavior in Groups | |
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| A Lifetime of Group Skills: The Good News | |
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| More Good News: Group Leadership Training and Personal Growth | |
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| Now the Bad News | |
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| Practicing What You Preach | |
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| The Personal Qualities of Group Leaders | |
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| Guidelines for Group Membership and Participation | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Understanding Group Dynamics and Systems | |
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| Linear and Circular Causality | |
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| Systems Theory | |
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| Family of Origin and Interpersonal Issues | |
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| Interaction Patterns | |
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| What to Look For | |
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| Member Roles | |
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| For Review: High- and Low-Functioning Groups | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Stages of Group Development | |
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| What You Should Know About Developmental Theory and Groups | |
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| So Many Group Stages | |
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| Stages of Group Evolution | |
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| Group Stages in Action | |
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| What to Look for Over Time | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Multicultural Dimensions of Group Work | |
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| Helping Those Who Need It the Most | |
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| What Is a Multiculturally Competent Group Leader? | |
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| Building Strong Multicultural Alliances | |
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| Until You Have Walked in My Shoes: Exploring Discrimination in Group Settings | |
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| Start With Yourself | |
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| Common Themes to Consider in Multicultural Group Work | |
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| Self-Disclosure | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Theories of Group Intervention | |
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| Theories and Group Leadership | |
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| Why Bother With Theories? | |
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| The Psychoanalytic Approach | |
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| The Person-Centered Approach | |
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| The Existential Approach | |
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| The Gestalt Approach | |
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| The Cognitive Behavioral Approach | |
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| The Reality Therapy Approach | |
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| Relational-Cultural Theory | |
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| The Narrative Approach | |
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| Brief Group Structures | |
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| Other Theories We Did Not Get Around To | |
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| An Integrative Model | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Skills of the Group Leader | |
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| Assessment and Group Diagnostics | |
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| Knowing Where to Hit the Pipe | |
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| What Is Assessment and Diagnosis in Groups? | |
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| An Example of Diagnosis in Action | |
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| Models of Assessment and Diagnosis | |
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| Alternative Diagnostic Models | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Specialized Leadership Skills | |
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| Helping Skills in Groups | |
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| Soliciting Honest Feedback | |
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| Skills Adapted for Groups | |
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| Group Skills | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| When to Intervene in Groups | |
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| It Is Not Always What You Do, but When and How You Do It | |
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| Differences of Opinion | |
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| When You Must Do Something | |
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| The Power of Language and What to Say: Group Leaders as Language Coaches | |
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| Words to Avoid in Therapeutic Groups | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Group Techniques and Structures | |
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| Ways to Prepare a Group | |
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| Ways to Begin a Group | |
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| Ways to Build Cohesion and Intimacy | |
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| Ways to Promote Risk Taking | |
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| Ways to Solve Problems | |
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| Ways to Facilitate Task Completion | |
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| Ways to Rehearse New Behaviors | |
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| Ways to Work Briefly | |
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| Ways to End a Group | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Applications and Significant Issues | |
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| Coleadership and Supervision | |
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| Power of the Coleadership Model | |
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| Some Dangers and Limitations | |
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| Basics to Keep in Mind | |
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| How to Debrief a Coleader and Get the Most From These Sessions | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Critical Incidents and Difficult Group Members: Challenges and Obstacles | |
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| Common Critical Incidents | |
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| Interpersonal Conflict | |
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| Strategies for Handling Critical Incidents | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Ethical Issues Unique to Group Work | |
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| Special Challenges | |
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| Major Ethical Issues in Group Leadership | |
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| Slightly Unethical Behaviors That Create Deception and Moral Conundrums | |
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| Little White Lies | |
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| Making Sound Ethical Decisions | |
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| Becoming an Ethical Group Leader | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Advanced Group Structures | |
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| Advanced Group Leadership: Creative Interventions and Difficult Members | |
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| The Role of Techniques for More Experienced Leaders | |
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| Personal and Physical Considerations | |
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| Using Metaphors in Group Settings | |
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| Difficult Group Members | |
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| Why People Create Difficulties and What Can Be Done | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Adjunct Structures to Group Work | |
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| Therapeutic Writing | |
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| Homework | |
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| Questionnaires and Logs | |
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| Using Videos and Films | |
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| Bibliotherapy and Printed Handouts | |
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| Field Trips | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| Group Leadership Applied to Social Justice and Social Action | |
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| Empowered to Make a Difference | |
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| Social Justice in Group Leadership | |
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| A Point and Counterpoint | |
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| The Role of Altruism | |
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| Expand Your Vision: Social Justice on the Global Stae | |
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| Shoot for Bigger Goals | |
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| The End of Our Journey: Where to Go Next? | |
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| Review of What You Learned | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |