Group Counseling Strategies and Skills
by Jacobs, Ed E.; Masson, Robert L. L.; Harvill, Riley L.Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-29
Publisher(s): Brooks Cole
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Summary
This widely used and respected book presents an active, multisensory approach to group leading, focusing heavily on group leadership skills. While written with the counselor in mind, GROUP COUNSELING: STRATEGIES AND SKILLS, Sixth Edition, also provides an outstanding discussion of group dynamics for professionals in group leadership positions. The authors discuss the many facets of group counseling and provide examples that show how each skill can be applied in a wide range of group settings to produce efficient working groups.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Stages of Groups, Group Process, and Therapeutic Forces | |
| Purpose of Groups | |
| Planning | |
| Getting Started: The Beginning Stage and Beginning Phase | |
| Basic Skills for Group Leaders | |
| Focus | |
| Cutting Off and Drawing Out | |
| Rounds and Dyads | |
| Exercises | |
| Introducing, Conducting, and Processing Exercises | |
| Leading the Middle Stage of a Group | |
| Using Counseling Theories in Groups | |
| Counseling and Therapy in Groups | |
| Closing a Session or Group | |
| Dealing with Problem Situations | |
| Working with Specific Populations | |
| Issues in Group Counseling | |
| Appendix | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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