Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures - Softcover

Berg, Robert C.; Landreth, Garry L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915202204 ISBN 13: 9780915202201

Publisher: Accelerated Development, 1979

Synopsis

First published in 1979, Group Counseling has consistently been a widely used and praised text, providing both novice and experienced counselors with a framework from which to expand their group counseling skills and knowledge. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the newest work in the field, the 2009 CACREP standards, and the Association for Specialists in Group Work practice standards. As in the previous editions, the authors draw upon their extensive experience and share their own styles of leading groups as a personal and practical way to illustrate the differences in group leadership.

Berg, Landreth, and Fall present a thorough discussion of the rationale for using group counseling with an emphasis on the group’s role as a preventive environment and as a setting for self-discovery. The authors examine the group facilitator’s internal frame of reference and ways to overcome of initial anxiety about leading groups, and they also explore typical problems in the development, facilitation, and termination of the group process and provide suggested solutions. Application of group counseling is considered with children, adolescents, adults, as well as with special populations, such as abused children, juvenile offenders, and individuals with emotional difficulties. A helpful glossary of group counseling terminology provides a quick reference source for important terms.

New to this edition are

• a chapter on diversity and social justice in group work

• an expanded chapter on co-leadership, a topic often ignored in other group counseling texts

• separate chapters on group work with children and group work with adolescents so that reader can focus more easily on the unique aspects of working with each population

• a chapter on evaluating groups at the leader, group, and individual member levels.

A collection of supplemental resources is available online to benefit both instructors and students. Instructors will find PowerPoint slides and test banks to aid in conducting their courses, and students can access questions for thought and reflection to supplement their review of the chapters in the text. These materials can be accessed at www.routledgementalhealth.com/cw/Berg

About this title

About the Author

Robert C. Berg, EdD, is professor emeritus at the University of North Texas.

Garry L. Landreth, EdD, is regents’ professor and founding director of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas.

Kevin A. Fall, PhD, is professor of counseling and program coordinator in the Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology at Texas State University.

Review

"Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures is my go-to group counseling text. I’ve used it as a core text in my master’s group counseling course for several years. It is an accessible text that my students actually enjoy reading, and provides a great balance of important theoretical concepts with practical strategies. The authors write with humor and empathy, which helps the students relate to the material quite easily."
George McMahon, PhD, assistant professor, School Counseling program, University of Georgia

"This book emphasizes the skills necessary for effective group leadership and contains a wealth of information for beginning group workers. It is an up-to-date effort to broaden the needed discussion on diversity and social justice in group work. The expanded chapter on co-leadership is welcome and informative, especially for students who may find themselves in co-leadership situations. I particularly appreciate the practical and clear examples the authors provide for both beginning and advanced group workers."
Delini M. Fernando, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, associate professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Oklahoma

About this edition

• Publisher: Accelerated Development
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0915202204
• ISBN 13: 9780915202201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162