Practical resources for the mental health professional
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Attitudes and expectations -- Referrals to group -- Selecting clients for group psychotherapy -- Orienting and educating clients -- Preparing the patient for group psychotherapy -- Record keeping -- Group or client's first session -- Cotherapy -- Special groups -- Reprise: some guidelines for group therapists -- Does group psychotherapy work? -- Group therapy: a cognitive-behavioral approach -- Psychodynamic group psychotherapy -- Redecision therapy -- Transactional analysis in groups -- Psychoanalytic group psychotherapy -- Termination -- Your role as therapist.
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How does a therapist go about starting a psychotherapy group? In this practical guide the reader finds the elements, both attitudinal and procedural, needed for starting a therapy group. The processes of obtaining referrals, selecting clients, orienting and educating clients, and preparing clients for psychotherapy are covered in clear step-by-step procedures. Tables and charts are provided for the necessary record keeping. The initial chapters detail the important stages leading up to the first therapy session. Eminent group therapists present special chapters on various therapeutic approache.
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