ABSTRACT

The overriding theme of Group Work: Processes and Applications is a focus on the specialized group work that counselors perform from a systemic perspective in a multicultural context. This text briefly covers traditional theoretical approaches, focusing more on the techniques and applications of the approaches, but the core of the text involves the systemic approach to group work: preparing group leaders to facilitate the systemic group process, from planning the group through the four stages of group work: forming and orienting, transition, working, and termination. The content is aligned with 2016 CACREP standards. Numerous other techniques, covered, are linked with specific theoretical orientations.

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section 1|128 pages

Foundations of Group Work

chapter 1|30 pages

Introduction to Group Work

Historical Perspectives and Functional Group Models

chapter 4|13 pages

Outcome Research in Group Work

chapter 5|26 pages

Leading Groups

section 2|191 pages

Systemic Group Work

section 3|48 pages

Task and Psychoeducational Groups

section 4|87 pages

Group Work in Action

chapter 16|19 pages

Person-Centered and Existential Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy

Theory, Techniques, and Applications

chapter 17|17 pages

The Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach to Group Counseling and Psychotherapy

Theory, Techniques, and Applications

chapter |4 pages

Epilogue