ABSTRACT
Group counseling and psychotherapy have long been practiced with children and adolescents who present various difficulties. The most common issues such groups address are social interactions/skills, anger management and aggression, academic achievements, divorce, and bereavement (K. R. Greenberg, 2003; Holmes & Sprenkle, 1996; O’Rourke & Worzbyt, 1996; Schaeffer, 1999; Smead, 1995; Thompson & Rudolf, 2000). More recently, my fellow therapists and I evidence a broader scope of groups for children and adolescents, including cancer patients (Stamko & Taub, 2002), the sexually abused (Jones, 2002), and traumatized children (Aronson, 2005; Scheidlinger & Kahn, 2005; Webb, 2005). However, most of the literature is descriptive, and although the impression of clinicians is that these groups are effective, an evidence base is still largely missing. Moreover, little is known about processes in these groups.
