Handbook of Group Psychotherapy: An Empirical and Clinical Synthesis / Edition 1

by Addie Fuhriman, Gary M. Burlingame

Overview

Intended as the group therapy equivalent to Bergin and Garfield's The Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change. Renowned contributors offer a comprehensive survey of all empirical evidence concerned with process and outcome in group therapy. Contains both general considerations and applications to specific disorders and with determinate populations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471555926
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/14/1994
Series:	Wiley Series on Personality Processes , #180
Pages:	588
Product dimensions:	6.54(w) x 9.57(h) x 1.77(d)

About the Author

Addie Fuhriman and Gary M. Burlingame are the authors of Handbook of Group Psychotherapy: An Empirical and Clinical Synthesis, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS.

Group Psychotherapy: Research and Practice (A. Fuhriman & G.Burlingame).

STRUCTURAL ENTITIES IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY.

Client Variables (W. Piper).

Therapist Variables in Group Psychotherapy Research (R.Dies).

THERAPEUTIC COMPONENTS OF THE GROUP ECOSYSTEM.

Group Development (K. MacKenzie).

Therapeutic Factors: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Mechanisms (E.Crouch, et al.).

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND POPULATIONS.

Progress in Short-Term and Time-Limited Group Psychotherapy:Evidence and Implications (S. Budman, et al.).

Inpatient Group Therapy (R. Klein, et al.).

Epilogue (G. Burlingame & A. Fuhriman).

Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

Articles from some 160 publications establish the scientific foundations of group therapy. Contributors review and summarize findings on group therapy process and outcome, and address concerns such as client and therapist variables and pregroup structure, therapeutic components of the group ecosystem, communication and therapeutic paradigms, group treatment for eating disorders and substance abuse, and groups with children and adolescents. A resource for clinical psychologists, social workers, and counselors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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