ABSTRACT

First published in 1979, Group Counseling has consistently been a widely used and praised text, providing both novice and experienced counselors with a framework from which to expand group counseling skills and knowledge. This revised sixth edition offers a reader-friendly and engaging journey through the group process that is congruent with 2016 CACREP standards and the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) practice standards and grounded in the most cutting-edge research and theory. The authors present a thorough discussion of the rationale for using group counseling with an emphasis on the group's role as a preventive environment and as a setting for self-discovery. They examine the group facilitator's internal frame of reference and ways to overcome initial anxiety about leading groups, and they also explore typical problems in the development, facilitation, and termination of the group process and provide suggested solutions. Individual chapters are included to explore the application of group counseling with children and adolescents.

Notable additions include: an expanded chapter on diversity and social justice in group work; an expanded chapter on co-leadership, a topic often ignored in other group counseling texts; a new chapter on ethics and leadership training; a reworked chapter on leader functions, styles, and skills; and a reworking of the chapter on group counseling with children that includes an in-depth look at Landreth's innovative and empirically validated Child-Parent-Relationship Therapy.

chapter 1|15 pages

History and Rationale of Group Counseling

chapter 2|10 pages

Diversity and Social Justice in Group Work

chapter 3|16 pages

Group Work and Theory

chapter 4|15 pages

Ethics and Leadership Training

chapter 5|14 pages

Leadership Styles, Skills, and Functions

chapter 6|11 pages

The Group Leader’s Internal Experience

chapter 8|9 pages

The Steps for Initiating a Group

chapter 11|13 pages

Evaluating the Leader and the Group

chapter 12|18 pages

Group Counseling of Children

chapter 13|10 pages

Group Counseling with Adolescents