Full Description
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: Interventions and Techniques, International 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.
Contents
1. Techniques and Leadership Skills in Group Counseling.2. Stages, Process, and Therapeutic Forces in Group Counseling.3. The Importance of Purpose in Group Counseling.4. Planning Your Group and Planning Your Session.5. Getting Started: The Beginning Stage and Beginning Phase.6. Basic Techniques in Group Leadership.7. Focusing Your Group.8. Essential Techniques: Cutting Off and Drawing Out.9. The Use of Rounds and Dyads.10. Using Exercises in Group Counseling.11. Introducing, Conducting and Processing Exercises in Group Counseling.12. Leading the Middle Stage of a Group.13. Counseling Theories in Group Counseling.14. Counseling and Therapy in Groups.15. Closing a Session or Group.16. Dealing with Problem Situations.17. Group Counseling and Specific Populations.18. Issues in Group Counseling.Appendix.References.Index.
