Summary
Contents
Subject index
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.
Prevention Groups
Prevention Groups
This chapter focuses on the joining of two powerful forces in mental health delivery: “prevention” and “groups.” Each force is important in its own right.
Mental health practitioners need to become preventive in their work for many reasons, including (a) too few helpers exist to meet the burgeoning demand for remedial service (Albee, 1986), (b) seeking help for mental health problems is enshrouded in stigma for far too many (Surgeon General Report, 2001), and (c) a variety of health and mental health concerns can be avoided through carefully planned and delivered before-the-fact preventive interventions (Conyne, 1994; Romano & Hage, 2000).
Likewise, group methods are becoming an essential way to deliver the full range of mental health needs in contemporary America (ASGW, ...
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