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Main description:
Group counseling is a dynamic and valuable treatment device used by therapists throughout the psychological disciplines, one that has proven effective in promoting change and growth in a variety of populations and settings. The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling takes an innovative approach to this expansive topic, providing both a comprehensive field manual for practitioners and an authoritative reference work for teachers and researchers.
Comprising 31 topic-based chapters by leading practitioners and researchers, this handbook covers the full spectrum of current and relevant topics in group counseling, including:
- definitions and background
- history and efficacy
- key change processes (e.g., therapeutic factors, group cohesion, group climate)
- group leader strategies and characteristics
- new applications for group counseling strategies, including online groups
- group counseling with special populations
- the future of group counseling
With roots in the most recent and relevant literature, The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling is an ideal text for training programs (counselor education, clinical psychology, social work, or human services) or as a reference for researchers in counseling psychology. Whoever the reader, it a valuable and comprehensive guidebook for both students and practitioners in the growing practice of group counseling.
Contents:
Contents ; Part One: Introduction ; 1. Introduction: Solidifying and Advancing Group Counseling ; Robert K. Conyne ; Part Two: Context ; 2. The Nature and Significance of Groups ; Donelson R. Forsyth ; 3. Definition of Group Counseling ; Donald E. Ward ; 4. The History of Group Counseling ; George R. Leddick ; 5. Ethics, Best Practices and Law in Group Counseling ; Lynn S. Rapin ; 6. Diversity in Groups ; Janice DeLucia-Waack ; 7. A Social Justice Approach to Group Counseling ; Sally M. Hage, Mark Mason, and Jung Eun Kim ; Part Three: Key Change Processes ; 8. Therapeutic Factors in Group Counseling: Asking New Questions ; Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., Joseph R. Miles, and Jill D. Paquin ; 9. Cohesion in Counseling and Psychotherapy Groups ; Cheri L. Marmarosh and Stacy M. Van Horn ; 10. Group Climate: Construct in Search of Clarity ; Debra Theobald McClendon and Gary M. Burlingame ; 11. Group Development ; Virginia Brabender ; Part Four: Research ; 12. Evidence Bases for Group Practice ; Sally H. Barlow ; 13. General Research Models ; Rex Stockton and D. Keith Morran ; 14. Assessing Group ; Jonathan P. Schwartz, Michael Waldo, and Margaret Schwartz Moravec ; 15. Qualitative Research Approaches and Group Counseling ; Deborah J. Rubel and Jane E. Atieno Okech ; Part Five: Leadership ; 16. Personhood of the Leader ; James P. Trotzer ; 17. Group Techniques ; Mark D. Newmeyer ; 18. Group Leader Style and Functions ; Sheri Bauman ; 19. Group Leadership Teaching and Training: Methods and Issues ; Nina W. Brown ; 20. Supervision of Group Counseling ; Maria T. Riva ; 21. Creativity and Spontaneity in Groups ; Samuel T. Gladding ; Part Six: Applications ; 22. Groups across Settings ; Cynthia R. Kalodner and Alexa E. Hanus ; 23. Group Counseling across the Life Span: A Psychosocial Perspective ; Jeanmarie Keim and David L. Olguin ; 24. Group Counseling with Sexual Minorities ; Kathleen Ritter ; 25. Prevention Groups ; Michael Waldo, Jonathan P. Schwartz, Arthur Horne, and Laura Cote ; 26. International Group Counseling ; J. Jeffries McWhirter, Paula T. McWhirter, Benedict T. McWhirter, and Ellen Hawley McWhirter ; 27. Brief Group Treatment ; Jerrold Lee Shapiro ; 28. Mutual Help Groups: What Are They and What Makes Them Work? ; Phyllis R. Silverman ; 29. Online Groups ; Betsy J. Page ; 30. Groups for Trauma/Disaster ; David W. Foy, Kent D. Drescher, and Patricia J. Watson ; Part Seven: Conclusion and Future Directions ; 31. Group Counseling: 50 Basic Premises and the Need for Mainstreaming ; Robert K. Conyne
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Publication date: September, 2011
Pages: 624
Dimensions: 254.00 x 260.00 x 42.00
Weight: 1350g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Psychology, Psychotherapy
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