Groups : A Counseling Specialty

by Gladding, Samuel T.

• ISBN13: 9780131735958
• ISBN10: 0131735950
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

The fifth edition of this highly readable book examines all of the essential skills required to be an effective leader of a variety of groups in a variety of settings. It explores the history of group therapy work, and the development of groupshow they grow, how they change, and how various groups differ. It addresses the specifics of working with children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. And, it discusses ten prominent theoretical perspectives from which groups can be approached, covering how each theory evolved, how it is practiced, and the results it most commonly achieves.Includes coverage of working with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients in groups and includes expanded coverage of the multicultural aspects of group work and understanding the influence of culture, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and other factors on how groups function and what they can accomplish.For professionals in the field of group counseling.

Table of Contents

History and Other Aspects of Group Development

History and Trends of Group Works and Current Trends

Uses of Groups Before 1900

Growth of Group Work: 1900 to the Present

1900 to 1909

1910 to 1919

1920 to 1929

1930 to 1939

1940 to 1949

1950 to 1959

1960 to 1969

1970 to 1979

1980 to 1989

1990 to 1999

Current Trends in Group Work

Training/Education in Group Work

Technology and Group Work

Studies on Group Effectiveness

Brief Group Work: Solution-Focused Counseling Groups

The Future of Group Work

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Exercises

Types of Group Work

Models of Specialty Groups

Psychoeducational Groups

An Example of Psychoeducational Group Work: Life-Skills Development Groups

Counseling Groups

An Example of a Counseling Group: A Counseling Group for Counselors

Psychotherapy Groups

An Example of Group Psychotherapy: Group Work With Abusers and the Abused

Task/Work Groups

An Example of Task/Work Groups: Teams

Mixed Groups and a Proposed Regrouping of Categories

An Example of a Mixed Group: A Consumer-Oriented Group

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Exercises

Group Dynamics

Group Content and Group Process

Group Content

Group Process

Balance Between Content and Process

The Group as a System: A Way of Explaining Group Dynamics

Influencing Group Dynamics

Preplanning

Group Structure

Group Exercises

Group Interaction

Membersrsquo; Rolesnbsp;

The Effect of Positive and Negative Variables on Group Dynamics

Learning Group Dynamics

Group, Individual, and Family Dynamics

Persons

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