Title:
Group counseling : strategies and skills
Author:
Jacobs, Edward E., 1944-
ISBN:
9780534632816
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Belmont, CA : Thomson/Brooks/Cole, ©2006.
Physical Description:
xvi, 460 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Stages of groups, group process, and therapeutic forces -- Purpose of groups -- Planning -- Getting started : the beginning stage and beginning phase -- Basic skills for group leaders -- Focus -- Cutting off and drawing out -- Rounds and dyads -- Exercises -- Introducing, conducting, and processing exercises -- Leading the middle stage of a group -- Using counseling theories in groups -- Counseling and therapy in groups -- Closing a session or group -- Dealing with problem situations -- Working with specific populations -- Issues in group counseling.
Abstract:
[This book] provides an in-depth look at group counseling with an emphasis on practical knowledge and techniques for effective group leadership. This book is for counselors, social workers, psychologists and all others who lead groups of one kind or another ... Throughout the book, [the authors] discuss many different kinds of groups and describe both basic and advanced skills ... The purpose of this text is to integrate traditional theories and concepts of group process with thoughtful strategies and specific exercises. [The] goal is to bridge the gap between theory and practice with a sophisticated how-to approach for both beginning students and experienced practitioners.-Pref.
Electronic Access:
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