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The Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy is a comprehensive reference guide for group practitioners and researchers alike. Each chapter reviews the literature and current research as well as offers suggestions for practice in the psycho educational arena, counseling, and therapy groups. The handbook encourages the notion that the field is improved through increased collaboration between researchers and practitioners. Through a review of cutting-edge research and practice, the handbook includes: 48 chapters by renowned experts in group work The history and theory of group work Topics across the lifespan An entire section on multicultural issues A variety of clinical problems and settings Appendices include the Association for Specialists in Group Work Training Standards, Best Practice Standards, and Principles for Diversity-Competent Group Workers The Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy, the most comprehensive reference devoted to this rapidly growing field, is essential for graduate students, academics, researchers, professionals, and librarians serving the group therapy community.
The Use of Groups in College and University Counseling Centers
The Use of Groups in College and University Counseling Centers
The history of psychoeducational, counseling, and therapy groups in university and college counseling centers reveals that group experiences have been an important part of therapeutic and prevention work with students for many years. In 1993, Golden, Corazzini, and Grady wrote that “group treatment has become a central component of the direct services offered by many university counseling centers” (p. 228). Groups continue to be used to reach a large number of students seeking psychological services. This chapter begins with a brief history of the use of groups in this setting and ends with a summary of the last comprehensive study ...
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