ABSTRACT
Interactive Group Therapy is a complete guide to group psychotherapy based on the author's unique integrated approach. Dr. Earley integrates from interpersonal group therapy a focus on the feeling reactions and relationships among group members, from psychodynamic approaches, an appreciation of unconscious processes and childhood origins, and from Gestalt therapy, the importance of awareness, contact, and experimentation. The book develops an action-oriented leadership style for group-centered groups and a new interpersonal understanding of the therapeutic change process in group therapy, leading to an approach that has impressive depth and creativity. It covers both short-term and long-term groups, making it a valuable book for those interested in brief therapies.
The primary focus of Interactive Group Therapy is to provide practical guidelines for leading groups. It offers detailed suggestions for structuring groups, creating a therapeutic group climate, promoting interpersonal work, and helping group members develop awareness and responsibility. It discusses how to handle conflict, foster therapeutic change, work with difficult clients, adopt the best leadership attitude, understand group process, and a host of other clinical issues. In addition to rich clinical examples and case histories, this book also presents transcripts of group sessions, annotated to illustrate both theory and technique. The author's thorough presentation of his approach, its theoretical underpinnings, and its application to actual groups make this a valuable resource for graduate students in the mental health professions and psychotherapists of all levels of experience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Introduction
part |52 pages
The Therapeutic Change Process
chapter |9 pages
Access
chapter |19 pages
Healing Response
chapter |7 pages
Experimenting
chapter |6 pages
Inner Healing
chapter |9 pages
Transcript
part |88 pages
Creating a Therapeutic Group Culture
chapter |19 pages
How to Structure a Group
chapter |14 pages
Therapeutic Group Norms
chapter |9 pages
Responsibility, Motivation, and Direction
chapter |15 pages
Self-Exploration—Awareness and Insight
chapter |11 pages
Interactive Work
chapter |7 pages
Presence and Contact
chapter |11 pages
Transcript
part |70 pages
Facilitating the Process
chapter |9 pages
Defenses and Resistance
chapter |10 pages
Problem Ownership
chapter |6 pages
Aggression
chapter |11 pages
Intervention Choices
chapter |12 pages
The Croup Leader's Attitude
chapter |13 pages
The Leader–Client Relationship
chapter |7 pages
Outside Contact Between Croup Members
part |55 pages
Group-Related Issues
chapter |17 pages
Developmental Stages of Group Process
chapter |7 pages
Termination
chapter |8 pages
Group Roles and Positions
chapter |9 pages
Difficult Group Members
chapter |12 pages
The Group as a Whole
part |47 pages
Special Issues