TY - BOOK AU - Corey,Marianne Schneider AU - Corey,Gerald AU - Corey,Cindy ED - Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. TI - Groups: process and practice SN - 9781133945468 (student ed.) AV - BF636.7.G76 C67 2014 U1 - 616.89/152 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning KW - Group psychotherapy KW - Group counseling KW - Group relations training KW - Psychotherapy, Group KW - Group Processes KW - Counseling KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-437) and indexes; note; ch.; Guide to Groups in Action: Evolution and Challenges DVD and Workbook --; ch. 1; 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 --; ch. 2; 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 --; ch. 3; 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 --; ch. 4; 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 --; pt. 2; Group Process: Stages of Development --; ch. 5; 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 --; ch. 6; 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 --; ch. 7; 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.; 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 --; ch. 9; 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 --; 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 --; ch. 11; Application of Group Process to Schools and Community Agency Settings --; ch. 10; 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 --; ch. 11; 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 N2 - "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 ER -