Groups : process and practice /

Corey, Marianne Schneider, 1942-

Groups : process and practice / Marianne Schneider Corey ... [et al.]. - 9th ed. - Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2014. - xxv, 449 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-437) and indexes.

note: Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Introduction to Group Work -- Introduction -- Overview of Various Types of Groups -- Task Groups -- Psychoeducational Groups -- Counseling Groups -- Psychotherapy Groups -- Brief Groups -- Multicultural Perspective on Group Work -- Becoming a Diversity-Competent Group Counselor -- Starting Place: Understanding Your Own Culture -- Personal Perspective on Understanding Differences -- Framework for Developing Diversity Competence -- Inviting Conversations About Culture With Group Members -- Points to Remember -- Introduction to Group Work -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- Group Counselor -- Introduction -- Group Counselor as a Person -- Problems and Issues Facing Beginning Group Leaders -- Personal Characteristics of the Effective Group Leader -- Group Counselor as a Professional -- Overview of Group Leadership Skills -- Integrated View of Leadership Skills -- Coleadership Model -- Basis of Coleadership -- Advantages of the Coleadership Model -- Disadvantages of the Coleadership Model -- Developing a Research Orientation to Practice -- How Research Can Enhance Your Group Practice -- Challenge of Combining Research and Practice -- Points to Remember -- Concepts and Guidelines for Group Practitioners -- Exercises -- Attitude Questionnaire on Group Leadership -- Self-Assessment of Group Leadership Skills -- Questions for Discussion -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Ethical and Legal Issues in Group Counseling -- Introduction -- Ethical Issues in Group Membership -- Informed Consent -- Involuntary Membership -- Freedom to Withdraw From a Group -- Psychological Risks for Members -- Confidentiality -- Educating Members About Confidentiality -- Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Confidentiality -- Multicultural Dimensions of Confidentiality -- Confidentiality of Minors in Groups -- Summary Guidelines Regarding Confidentiality -- Role of the Leader's Values in the Group -- Ethical Aspects of Working With Values -- Dealing With Conflicts of Values -- Ethical Imperative of Addressing Diversity in Group Counseling-- Values and Working With Diversity -- Ethics and Standards of Preparation and Practice -- Social Justice Approach to Group Counseling -- Special Issues Pertaining to Sexual Orientation -- Ethical Concerns in Using Group Techniques -- Competence and Training of Group Counselors -- Assessing Competence -- Professional Training Standards for Group Counselors -- Training and Personal Experience -- Ethical Issues in Training Group Counselors -- Benefits of Experiential Group Training -- Guidelines for Ethical and Legal Practice -- Legal Liability and Malpractice -- Legal Safeguards for Group Practitioners -- Points to Remember -- Ethical and Legal Issues in Group Counseling -- Exercises -- In-Class Activities -- Questions for Discussion -- Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling -- Introduction -- Theory as a Roadmap -- Our Theoretical Orientation -- Developing Your Own Theory of Group Practice -- Using Group Techniques Effectively -- Rationale for Use of Techniques -- Viewing a Group Through a Multicultural Lens -- Relationship of Theories to Techniques -- Psychodynamic Approaches -- Psychoanalytic Approach -- Adlerian Approach -- Experiential and Relationship-Oriented Approaches -- Existential Approach -- Person-Centered Approach -- Gestalt Therapy -- Psychodrama -- Cognitive Behavioral Approaches -- Behavior Therapy -- Cognitive Therapy -- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy -- Reality Therapy -- Postmodern Approaches -- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy -- Narrative Therapy -- Feminist Therapy -- Integrative Approach -- Points to Remember -- Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling -- Exercises -- Questions for Discussion -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Group Process: Stages of Development -- Forming a Group -- Introduction -- Developing a Proposal for a Group -- Working Within the System -- Attracting and Screening Members -- Guidelines for Announcing a Group and Recruiting Group Members-- Screening and Selection Procedures -- Practical Considerations in Forming a Group -- Group Composition -- Group Size -- Frequency and Duration of Meetings -- Length of a Group -- Place for Group Meetings -- Open Versus Closed Groups -- Uses of a Pregroup Meeting -- Research on the Value of Pregroup Preparation -- Orientation and Preparation of Members -- Clarifying Leader and Member Expectations -- Goals of Pregroup Preparation -- Establishing Basic Ground Rules -- Building Evaluation Into Group Work -- Coleader Issues on Forming a Group -- Points to Remember -- Member Functions -- Leader Functions -- Exercises -- Group Planning -- Interviewing -- Group Class -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Initial Stage of a Group -- Introduction -- Group Characteristics at the Initial Stage -- Some Early Concerns -- Initial Hesitation and Cultural Considerations -- Identifying and Exploring Common Fears of Group Members -- Hidden Agendas -- Address Conflict Early -- Self-Focus Versus Focus on Others -- Here-and-Now Focus Versus There-and-Then Focus -- Trust Versus Mistrust -- Creating Trust: Leader and Member Roles -- Importance of Modeling -- Attitudes and Actions Leading to Trust -- Identifying and Clarifying Goals -- General Goals for Group Members -- Helping Members Define Personal Goals -- Group Process Concepts at the Initial Stage -- Group Norms -- Group Cohesion -- Effective Therapeutic Relationships: Research Findings -- Support Versus Confrontation -- Guidelines for Creating Therapeutic Relationships With Members-- Helping Members Get the Most From a Group Experience -- Leader Guidelines for Members -- Avoid Too Much Structuring and Teaching -- Journal Writing as an Adjunct to Group Sessions -- Homework During the Initial Stage -- Leader Issues at the Initial Stage -- Division of Responsibility -- Degree of Structuring -- Opening and Closing Group Sessions -- Points to Remember -- Initial Stage Characteristics -- Member Functions -- Leader Functions -- Exercises -- Facilitation of Initial Stage of a Group -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Transition Stage of a Group -- Introduction -- Characteristics of the Transition Stage -- Establishing Trust -- Defensiveness and Reluctant Behavior -- Critique of the Notion of Resistance -- Common Fears and Anxieties Experienced by Members -- Struggles With Control -- Conflict -- Confrontation -- Challenges to the Group Leader -- Leader's Reactions to Defensive Behaviors -- Problem Behaviors and Difficult Group Members -- Silence and Lack of Participation -- Monopolistic Behavior -- Storytelling -- Questioning -- Giving Advice -- Dependency -- Offering Pseudosupport -- Hostile Behavior -- Acting Superior -- Socializing -- Intellectualizing -- Members Becoming Assistant Leaders -- Dealing With Defensive Behavior Therapeutically -- Dealing With Avoidance by the Whole Group -- Dealing With Transference and Countertransference -- Coleader Issues at the Transition Stage -- Points to Remember -- Transition Stage Characteristics -- Member Functions -- Leader Functions -- Exercises -- Self-Assessment Scale for Group Members -- Scenarios for Exploration -- Questions for Discussion -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- ch. ch. 1 ch. 2 ch. 3 ch. 4 pt. 2 ch. 5 ch. 6 ch. 7 ch. Reminding Members About Confidentiality -- Working Stage of a Group -- Introduction -- Progressing to the Working Stage -- Leader Interventions in Working With a Member's Fear -- Interventions at the Initial Stage -- Interventions at the Transition Stage -- Interventions at the Working Stage -- Interventions in the Final Stage -- Tasks of the Working Stage -- Group Norms and Behavior -- Contrasts Between a Working Group and a Nonworking Group -- Deepening Trust During the Working Stage -- Choices to Be Made During the Working Stage -- Homework During the Working Stage -- Therapeutic Factors That Operate in a Group -- Self-Disclosure and the Group Member -- Self-Disclosure and the Group Leader -- Feedback -- Confrontation -- Cohesion and Universality -- Hope -- Willingness to Risk and to Trust -- Caring and Acceptance -- Power -- Catharsis -- Cognitive Component -- Commitment to Change -- Freedom to Experiment -- Humor -- Coleader Issues During the Working Stage -- Topics for Coleader Meetings -- Points to Remember -- Working Stage Characteristics -- Member Tasks and Functions -- Leader Functions -- Exercises -- Assessment of the Working Stage -- Questions for Discussion -- Member's Weekly Evaluation of a Group -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Final Stage of a Group -- Introduction -- Tasks of the Final Stage of a Group: Consolidation of Learning-- Termination of the Group Experience -- Dealing With Feelings of Separation -- Comparing Early and Later Perceptions in the Group -- Dealing With Unfinished Business -- Personal Gestures in Expressing the Meaning of a Group Experience -- Reviewing the Group Experience -- Practice for Behavioral Change -- Carrying Learning Further -- Giving and Receiving Feedback -- Use of a Contract and Homework -- Dealing With Setbacks -- Guidelines for Applying Group Learning to Life -- Reminding Members About Confidentiality -- ch. 9 Contents note continued: In-Class Activities. Coleader Issues as the Group Ends -- Follow-Up -- Postgroup Sessions -- Points to Remember -- Final Stage Characteristics -- Member Functions -- Leader Functions -- Exercises -- Final Stage of a Group -- Questions for Discussion -- Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook -- Application of Group Process to Schools and Community Agency Settings -- Groups in School Settings -- Introduction -- Group Counseling in the School Setting -- Guidelines for Group Work With Children and Adolescents -- Developing a Sound Proposal -- Legal Considerations -- Practical Considerations -- Strategies in the Group -- Play Therapy in Group Work With Children and Adolescents -- Personal and Professional Qualifications -- Getting Support for School Counseling Groups -- Group Proposal: A School Counseling Group for 6- to II-Year-Olds-- Group Proposal: A Group for Elementary School Children of Divorce and Changing Families -- Group Proposal: A Group for Children Who Have Been Abused -- Developmental Themes of Adolescence -- Sources of Stress During Adolescence -- Developmental Group Counseling With Adolescents -- Issues and Challenges in Leading Adolescent Groups -- Establishing Trust -- KnowYour Comfort Zone With Self-Disclosure -- Group Proposal: Teens Making a Change (T-MAC): A Group for Preventing Teen Delinquency -- Helping Adolescents Deal With Anger and Conflict -- Group Proposal: A High School Anger Management Group -- Groups in College Counseling Centers -- Common Topics in College Groups -- Some Groups for College Students -- Points to Remember -- Groups in School Settings -- Exercises -- In-Class Activities -- Groups in Community Settings -- Introduction -- Group Work With Women -- Group Proposal: A Women's Support Group for Survivors of Incest-- Group Work With Men -- Group Proposal: A Men's Group in a Community Agency -- Group Treatment of Domestic Violence Offenders -- Group Proposal: An Involuntary Domestic Violence Group -- Group Treatment of Sex Offenders -- Group Proposal: A Group for the Treatment of Sex Offenders -- AIDS Crisis as a Challenge for Group Workers -- How Groups Can Help -- Educational Focus in HIV/AIDS Groups -- Group Proposal: An HIV/AIDS Support Group -- Group Work With Older Adults -- Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills of Leaders -- Preparing Yourself to Work With Older Adults -- Practical and Professional Considerations for Group Work With Older Adults -- Guidelines for the Group Process -- Working With Healthy Aging People in Groups -- Group Proposal: A Successful Aging Group -- Therapeutic Value of Grief Work in Groups -- Group Proposal: An Older Adult Bereavement Group -- Group Proposal: A Group Treatment Program for Institutionalized Older Adults -- Therapeutic Value of Touch -- Points to Remember -- Groups in Community Settings -- Exercises -- In-Class Activities. ch. 11 ch. 10 ch. 11

"This book outlines the basic issues and key concepts of group process and shows how group leaders can apply these concepts in working with a variety of groups. In many ways this is a 'how-to' book, but it is also a book about the 'why' of group leadership. For the ninth edition, each chapter has been carefully reviewed and updated to present the current thinking and trends in practice." --p. xxi

9781133945468 (student ed.) 1133945465 (student ed.) 1285087879 (instructor's ed.) 9781285087870 (instructor's ed.)

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Group psychotherapy.
Group counseling.
Group relations training.
Psychotherapy, Group.
Group Processes.
Counseling.
Group counseling.
Group psychotherapy.
Group relations training.

BF636.7.G76 / C67 2014

616.89/152