Brief Group Counselling Integrating Individual and Group Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches

by Scott, Michael J.; Stradling, Stephen G.

• ISBN13: 9780471978381
• ISBN10: 0471978388
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Due to growing pressures from health service managers and insurance companies, brief therapy is fast becoming the largest body of analytic treatment provided. This timely book demonstrates how to conduct brief therapy periods effectively through a careful blending of group counseling and individual counseling. The authors show how to build a model of the client's problems for use in group contexts. Blended interventions are shown in action in treating post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and panic disorder.

Author Biography

Michael J. Scott and Stephen G. Stradling are the authors of Brief Group Counselling: Integrating Individual and Group Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vii	(1)
Series Preface	viii	(1)
Preface	ix
Introduction An Overview of Cognitive-Behavioural Counselling	1	(14)
Conveying the Cognitive-Behavioural Framework to Clients via a Vignette	2	(5)
The Limitations of a Group Approach	7	(1)
The Specifics of Cognitive-Behavioural Counselling	8	(7)
1 Beyond Individual Counselling	15	(6)
2 Formulating a Model of the Client's Difficulties	21	(8)
3 Combining Individual and Group Sessions	29	(12)
Initial Assessment	29	(3)
Marketing Group Interventions	32	(2)
Educational and Experiential Bases for Groups	34	(2)
Group-leader Qualities	36	(2)
Sequencing Individual and Group Sessions	38	(3)
4 Anxiety Disorders 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder	41	(28)
Initial Assessment	41	(1)
Auditing the GAD Group Programme	41	(2)
Conveying the Metaphor	43	(3)
Targets	46	(1)
Setting for the Group Programme	46	(1)
Format of Ten Session Group Programme for GAD with Follow-up	47	(22)
5 Anxiety Disorders 2. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia	69	(32)
Initial Assessment	69	(2)
Auditing the PD Group Programme	71	(1)
Conveying the Metaphor	72	(1)
Targets	73	(1)
Setting for the Group Programme	74	(1)
Format of Ten Session Group Programme for PD with Follow-up	75	(26)
6 Anxiety Disorders 3. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	101	(38)
Initial Assessment	105	(2)
Auditing the PTSD Group Programme	107	(1)
Conveying the Metaphor	107	(5)
Targets	112	(1)
Format of Ten Session Group and Individual Programme for PTSD	112	(27)
7 Depression	139	(40)
Initial Assessment and Audit	141	(1)
Conveying the Metaphor	142	(1)
Special Considerations for Dealing with Depressed Clients with Personality Disorders	142	(2)
Complementing the Group Programme with Individual Sessions	144	(9)
Format of Ten Session Group Programme for Depression	153	(26)
8 Group Therapy, Therapists and Further Applications	179	(4)
Appendix A. DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression	183	(8)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder	183	(1)
Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia	184	(2)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	186	(2)
Depression	188	(3)
Appendix B. DSM IV Summary Descriptions of the Personality Disorders and Examples of Cognitive Content	191	(4)
Cluster A -- `Odd'	191	(1)
Cluster B -- `Dramatic'	192	(1)
Cluster C -- `Anxious'	193	(2)
References	195	(6)
Index	201