Pearson eText Groups: A Counseling Specialty -- Access Card

by Samuel Gladding

• ISBN13: 9780136940494
• ISBN10: 0136940498
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780136940494
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780135166864
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2020-09-18
• Publisher: PEARSO
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Summary

Groups: A Counseling Specialty covers the history of group work and the dynamics of groups, along with group leadership, ethical issues, multicultural aspects, and much more.

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Table of Contents

PART I: Group Development
1. Types of Groups and Group Work
2. Group Dynamics
3. Effective Group Leadership
4. Forming a Group
5. The Transition Period in a Group: Storming and Norming
6. The Working Stage in a Group: Performing
7. Closing a Group

PART II: Diversity, Social Justice, Creativity, and Ethical/Legal Aspects of Groups
8. Diversity and Social Justice in Group Work
9. Specialty Groups and Creativity in Groups
10. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Working with Groups

PART III: Groups Throughout the Life Span
11. Groups for Children
12. Groups for Adolescents
13. Groups for Adults
14. Groups for Older Adults

PART IV: Theoretical Approaches to Groups
15. Reality Therapy, Adlerian, and Person-centered Groups
16. Existential, Gestalt, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, and Transactional Analysis Groups
17. Solution-focused, Narrative, and Psychodrama Groups
18. History of Group Work

Appendix A: Some Prominent Self-Help Group Organizations