Planned Group Counseling: An Alternative Group Method for Reluctant Chemically Dependent and Psychiatric Patients

by Anthony N. Biancoviso PhD, Wandajune Bishop-Towle PhD, Jairo N. Fuertes PhD, ABPP

Overview

This book presents a detailed description of a new group method called Planned Group Counseling (PGC). This method was created to cope with the very reluctant behaviors found in chemically dependent and psychiatric patients: lateness, irregular attendance, premature termination, and non-compliance with therapeutic directives. The book provides the readers with a step-by-step guide for implementing PGC, including plans and psychological exercises that are designed to further develop intra-and interpersonal skills. Detailed descriptions of interventions are also included to help the group leader with a variety of difficult behaviors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826122568
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/16/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	820 KB

About the Author

Anthony N. Biancoviso, PhD, is a certified psychologist in New York State. He is currently Adjuct Associate Professor in the Graduate School at Fordham University.

Wandajune Bishop-Towle, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in New Hampshire. Dr. Bishop-Towle is currently a staff psychiatrist at New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire, and serves on the adjunct faculty of Antioch New England Graduate School.

Jairo N. Fuertes, PhD, ABPP, is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. He is a licensed psychologist in New York State, and is board certified in Counseling Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.

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Table of Contents

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Acknowledgments

1. History and Overview
2. Theoretical Framework
3. The PGC Leadership Approach
4. PGC Group Process
5. Preparing for a PGC Session
6. Detailed Description and a Replicable Example of PGC
7. Responding to NonCompliant Behaviors, Suicidal and Homicidal Thoughts and Threats, and Requests for the Leaderís Self-disclosure
8. PGC Plans
9. Using PGC in Psychiatric Settings
10. Using PGC in Educational Settings

Epilogue
References
Index

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From the Publisher

"The authors have accomplished their purpose well. Readers of this book should be able to apply the ideas it lays out fairly readily. Group workers who are interested in learning more about structured, psycho-educational approaches will find much to ponder in this book. PGC is clearly an approach to group work that has emerged from clinical experience."—Social Work with Groups