The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

by Yalom, Irvin D.

• ISBN13: 9780465084487
• ISBN10: 0465084486
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-10
• Publisher: Perseus Books

Summary

Hailed by Jerome Frank as "the best book that exists on the subject, today and for the foreseeable future," Irvin D. Yalom's The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has long been the standard text in its field. Indeed, in a survey reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry, it was cited as one of the ten most influential psychiatry publications of the past decade, and it was one of the very few judged to be of "seminal or lasting value."In this completely revised and expanded fourth editionupdated to reflect the American Psychiatric Association's latest diagnostic manual, the DSM-IVDr. Yalom presents the most recent developments in the field, drawing on nearly a decade of new research as well as his own broad clinical wisdom and experience. This edition features new sections on combining individual and group therapy, the latest information about brief group therapy, and how to modify group work to deal with the newly emerging homogeneous focal groups (including survivor groups), as well as updated references and new clinical vignettes drawn from the author's recent practice.Throughout, Dr. Yalom has updated the style and content of the chapters, while retaining valid research and clinical observations. Illustrating the text are vivid cases from nearly two thousand group sessions that he has led over the past decade.The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapyis an informative text that is at once scholarly and lively. This new edition is the most up-to-date, incisive, and comprehensive text on group therapy available today.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
1. The Therapeutic Factors	1	(16)
Instillation of Hope	4	(1)
Universality	5	(3)
Imparting Information	8	(4)
Altruism	12	(1)
The Corrective Recapitulation of the Primary Family Group	13	(2)
Development of Socializing Techniques	15	(1)
Imitative Behavior	16	(1)
2. Interpersonal Learning	17	(30)
The Importance of Interpersonal Relationships	17	(7)
The Corrective Emotional Experience	24	(4)
The Group as Social Microcosm	28	(9)
The Social Microcosm: A Dynamic Interaction	37	(2)
Recognition of Behavioral Patterns in the Social Microcosm	39	(2)
The Social Microcosm--Is It Real?	41	(1)
Overview	42	(2)
Transference and Insight	44	(3)
3. Group Cohesiveness	47	(22)
The Importance of Group Cohesiveness	49	(5)
Mechanism of Action	54	(13)
Summary	67	(2)
4. The Therapeutic Factors: An Integration	69	(37)
Comparative Value of the Therapeutic Factors: The Patient's View	71	(26)
Comparative Value of the Therapeutic Factors: Differences Between Patients' and Therapists' Views	97	(2)
Therapeutic Factors: Modifying Forces	99	(7)
5. The Therapist: Basic Tasks	106	(23)
Creation and Maintenance of the Group	107	(2)
Culture Building	109	(3)
How Does the Leader Shape Norms?	112	(6)
Examples of Therapeutic Group Norms	118	(11)
6. The Therapist: Working in the Here-and-Now	129	(60)
Definition of Process	130	(7)
Process Focus: The Power Source of the Group	137	(2)
The Therapist's Tasks in the Here-and-Now	139	(4)
Techniques of Here-and-Now Activation	143	(7)
Techniques of Process Illumination	150	(1)
Recognition of Process	151	(9)
Helping Patients Assume a Process Orientation	160	(2)
Helping Patients Accept Process-Illuminating Comments	162	(2)
Process Commentary: A Theoretical Overview	164	(9)
The Use of the Past	173	(4)
Mass Group Process Commentary	177	(12)
7. The Therapist: Transference and Transparency	189	(28)
Transference in the Therapy Group	193	(9)
The Psychotherapist and Transparency	202	(15)
8. The Selection of Patients	217	(27)
Criteria for Exclusion	219	(16)
Criteria for Inclusion	235	(4)
An Overview of the Selection Procedure	239	(3)
Summary	242	(2)
9. The Composition of Therapy Groups	244	(22)
The Prediction of Group Behavior	245	(8)
Principles of Group Composition	253	(7)
Overview	260	(4)
A Final Caveat	264	(2)
10. Creation of the Group: Place, Time, Size, Preparation	266	(27)
Preliminary Considerations	266	(12)
Preparation for Group Therapy	278	(15)
11. In the Beginning	293	(33)
Formative Stages of the Group	293	(14)
Membership Problems	307	(19)
12. The Advanced Group	326	(43)
Subgrouping	326	(18)
Conflict in the Therapy Group	344	(9)
Self-Disclosure	353	(8)
Termination	361	(8)
13. Problem Patients	369	(35)
The Monopolist	369	(6)
The Silent Patient	375	(2)
The Boring Patient	377	(2)
The Help-Rejecting Complainer	379	(3)
The Psychotic Patient	382	(7)
The Characterologically Difficult Patient	389	(10)
The Borderline Patient	399	(5)
14. The Therapist: Specialized Formats and Procedural Aids	404	(45)
Concurrent Individual and Group Therapy	404	(10)
Co-Therapists	414	(5)
The Leaderless Meeting	419	(2)
Dreams	421	(5)
Audiovisual Technology	426	(3)
Written Summaries	429	(6)
Therapist Self-Disclosure	435	(7)
Structured Exercises	442	(7)
15. The Specialized Therapy Group	449	(32)
Modification of Traditional Group Therapy for Specialized Clinical Situations: Basic Steps	451	(4)
The Acute Inpatient Therapy Group	455	(26)
16. Group Therapy and the Encounter Group	481	(30)
Antecedents and Evolution of the Encounter Group	486	(4)
From T-Group to Encounter Group	490	(3)
The Effectiveness of the Encounter Group	493	(6)
The Evolution of Group Therapy	499	(1)
The Relationship Between the Encounter Group and the Therapy Group	500	(11)
17. Training the Group Therapist	511	(22)
Observation of Experienced Clinicians	512	(3)
Supervision	515	(3)
A Group Experience for Trainees	518	(8)
Personal Psychotherapy	526	(2)
Summary	528	(1)
Beyond Technique	529	(4)
Notes	533	(54)
Index	587