The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling

by Robert K. Conyne

Overview

Group counseling is a dynamic and valuable treatment device used by therapists throughout the psychological disciplines, one that has proven effective in promoting change and growth in a variety of populations and settings. The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling takes an innovative approach to this expansive topic, providing both a comprehensive field manual for practitioners and an authoritative reference work for teachers and researchers.

Comprising 31 topic-based chapters by leading practitioners and researchers, this handbook covers the full spectrum of current and relevant topics in group counseling, including:

- definitions and background
- history and efficacy
- key change processes (e.g., therapeutic factors, group cohesion, group climate)
- group leader strategies and characteristics
- new applications for group counseling strategies, including online groups
- group counseling with special populations
- the future of group counseling

With roots in the most recent and relevant literature, The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling is an ideal text for training programs (counselor education, clinical psychology, social work, or human services) or as a reference for researchers in counseling psychology. Whoever the reader, it a valuable and comprehensive guidebook for both students and practitioners in the growing practice of group counseling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195394450
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/22/2011
Series:	Oxford Library of Psychology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Robert K. Conyne, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus from the University of Cincinnati, is a Licensed Psychologist, Clinical Counselor and Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

Contents
Part One: Introduction

1. Introduction: Solidifying and Advancing Group Counseling
Robert K. Conyne

Part Two: Context

2. The Nature and Significance of Groups
Donelson R. Forsyth

3. Definition of Group Counseling
Donald E. Ward

4. The History of Group Counseling
George R. Leddick

5. Ethics, Best Practices and Law in Group Counseling
Lynn S. Rapin

6. Diversity in Groups
Janice DeLucia-Waack

7. A Social Justice Approach to Group Counseling
Sally M. Hage, Mark Mason, and Jung Eun Kim

Part Three: Key Change Processes

8. Therapeutic Factors in Group Counseling: Asking New Questions
Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., Joseph R. Miles, and Jill D. Paquin

9. Cohesion in Counseling and Psychotherapy Groups
Cheri L. Marmarosh and Stacy M. Van Horn

10. Group Climate: Construct in Search of Clarity
Debra Theobald McClendon and Gary M. Burlingame

11. Group Development
Virginia Brabender

Part Four: Research

12. Evidence Bases for Group Practice
Sally H. Barlow

13. General Research Models
Rex Stockton and D. Keith Morran

14. Assessing Group
Jonathan P. Schwartz, Michael Waldo, and Margaret Schwartz Moravec

15. Qualitative Research Approaches and Group Counseling
Deborah J. Rubel and Jane E. Atieno Okech

Part Five: Leadership

16. Personhood of the Leader
James P. Trotzer

17. Group Techniques
Mark D. Newmeyer

18. Group Leader Style and Functions
Sheri Bauman

19. Group Leadership Teaching and Training: Methods and Issues
Nina W. Brown

20. Supervision of Group Counseling
Maria T. Riva

21. Creativity and Spontaneity in Groups
Samuel T. Gladding

Part Six: Applications

22. Groups across Settings
Cynthia R. Kalodner and Alexa E. Hanus

23. Group Counseling across the Life Span: A Psychosocial Perspective
Jeanmarie Keim and David L. Olguin

24. Group Counseling with Sexual Minorities
Kathleen Ritter

25. Prevention Groups
Michael Waldo, Jonathan P. Schwartz, Arthur Horne, and Laura Côté

26. International Group Counseling
J. Jeffries McWhirter, Paula T. McWhirter, Benedict T. McWhirter, and Ellen Hawley McWhirter

27. Brief Group Treatment
Jerrold Lee Shapiro

28. Mutual Help Groups: What Are They and What Makes Them Work?
Phyllis R. Silverman

29. Online Groups
Betsy J. Page

30. Groups for Trauma/Disaster
David W. Foy, Kent D. Drescher, and Patricia J. Watson

Part Seven: Conclusion and Future Directions

31. Group Counseling: 50 Basic Premises and the Need for Mainstreaming
Robert K. Conyne