Group Therapy Homework Planner

by Bevilacqua, Louis J.

• ISBN13: 9780471418221
• ISBN10: 0471418226
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Help clients in group therapy develop the skills they need to work through problemsGroup Therapy Homework Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to help clients in group therapy. This easy-to-use sourcebook features: 79 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered in group therapy A quick-reference format-the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as anxiety, bulimia, chemical dependence, and depression Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises Assignments that are cross-referenced to The Group Therapy Treatment Planner-so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format-allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs Additional resources in the PracticePlannersreg; series:Treatment Planners cover all the necessary elements for developing formal treatment plans, including detailed problem definitions, long-term goals, short-term objectives, therapeutic interventions, and DSMTM diagnoses.Documentation Sourcebooks provide the forms and records that mental health professionals need to efficiently run their practice.For more information on our PracticePlannersreg; products, including our full line of Treatment Planners, visit us on the Web at: www.practiceplanners.wiley.com

Author Biography

LOUIS J. BEVILACQUA, PsyD, NCC, is the Clinical Director of Connections Adolescent and Family Care. He specializes in the treatment of families and couples as well as behaviorally disordered youth, depression, cutting, and suicide. Bevilacqua is also the coauthor of Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner (Wiley).

Table of Contents

Series Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
Adult Children of Alcoholics	1	(9)
What's My Role?	3	(3)
What Can I Control? What Do I Need?	6	(3)
We're Not Supposed to Talk about That!	9	(1)
Agoraphobia/Panic	10	(12)
When Is This Going to Happen?	12	(2)
Breaking My Panic Cycle	14	(3)
Facing Fears---Part One	17	(3)
Facing Fears---Part Two	20	(2)
Anger Control Problems	22	(12)
Anger Log	24	(3)
Is It Anger or Aggression?	27	(4)
Go Blow Out Some Candles	31	(2)
My Safe Place	33	(1)
Anxiety	34	(10)
What Happens When I Feel Anxious?	36	(3)
What Else Can I Say or Do?	39	(3)
Beating Self-Defeating Beliefs	42	(2)
Assertiveness Deficit	44	(9)
Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive?	46	(5)
It's Okay to Be Assertive	51	(2)
Bulimia	53	(14)
Am I Hungry?	55	(4)
I Need to Get Control	59	(3)
What Am I Thinking?	62	(3)
Is It Good Food or Bad Food? Should It Matter That Much?	65	(2)
Caregiver Burnout	67	(9)
Being a Caregiver Makes Me Feel ...	69	(2)
This Is for Me and That's Okay	71	(3)
What Drawer Does This Belong In?	74	(2)
Chemical Dependence	76	(15)
I Use Because...	78	(4)
What to Do Instead of Using	82	(4)
My Road Map to Recovery	86	(5)
Child Sexual Molestation	91	(14)
This Is What Happened	93	(3)
This Is What I Did	96	(4)
I'm Changing the Way I Think	100	(3)
Stop! Rewind! And Start Again	103	(2)
Chronic Pain	105	(7)
Aah! Relief, Written and Directed by---(Write in Your Name)	107	(3)
I Can Get through This	110	(2)
Codependence	112	(7)
I'm Not in Kansas Anymore	114	(3)
I Feel...	117	(2)
Depression	119	(12)
What Do Others Value about Me?	121	(2)
My Feelings Journal	123	(3)
Taking Charge of Your Thoughts	126	(4)
There's Always a Sunrise	130	(1)
Domestic Violence Offenders	131	(9)
When Do I Need a Break?	133	(3)
Now Is When I Need a Break	136	(2)
I Can Have Feelings, Too	138	(2)
Domestic Violence Survivors	140	(8)
What I Give and What I Get	142	(2)
What If...?	144	(3)
Thoughts about This Relationship	147	(1)
Grief/Loss Unresolved	148	(8)
Farewell, until We Meet Again	150	(3)
Moving On	153	(3)
Hiv/Aids	156	(8)
A How Am I Doing?	158	(3)
Why Me?	161	(3)
Incest Offenders---Adult	164	(9)
Through the Eyes of a Child	166	(4)
Stress and Trigger Journal	170	(2)
My Letter of Apology	172	(1)
Incest Survivors---Adult	173	(7)
My Story	175	(4)
What I Need to Tell You	179	(1)
Infertility	180	(8)
Being a Parent Means...	182	(3)
What If We Have a Child Some Other Way?	185	(3)
Parenting Problems	188	(17)
Working from the Same Page	190	(4)
What's the Message I Am Giving?	194	(4)
What's the Message I Mean?
Compliments Jar	198	(4)
What Are My Choices?	202	(3)
Phobias---Specific/Social	205	(12)
I Can Picture It	207	(2)
How Does This Happen?	209	(3)
Let's Float with It	212	(3)
I Can Do This	215	(2)
Rape Survivors	217	(9)
Sharing My Story	219	(3)
Changing My Faulty Thinking	222	(3)
What I Feel and What I Think	225	(1)
Separation and Divorce	226	(12)
Talking to the Children	228	(3)
We Need to Agree	231	(4)
Saying Good-bye and Saying Hello	235	(3)
Shyness	238	(8)
Three Key Ingredients to Positive Social Interactions	240	(2)
What Comes after ``Hi''?	242	(4)
Single Parents	246	(7)
Single Parenting---Pro or Con?	248	(2)
What Do I Do Now?	250	(3)
Toxic Parent Survivors	253	(8)
I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes---Part One	255	(3)
I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes---Part Two	258	(3)
Type-A Stress	261	(8)
A Where's My Tension?	263	(3)
When I Feel Tension/Stress I Can...	266	(3)
Vocational Stress	269	(8)
What Else Can I Do to Make Things Better?	271	(4)
How I Will Get What I Want	275	(2)
About the Author	277	(2)
About the Disk	279