Group Techniques : How to Use Them More Purposefully

Group Techniques offers a practical new approach to understanding and implementing a broad range of group techniques. Through the Purposeful Group Techniques Model (PGTM), a generic, flexible conceptual model that can be adapted for use in a variety of contexts, the text demonstrates how group leaders can choose counseling techniques purposefully based on the type of group, the group’s developmental stage, and applicable best practice guidelines. Talking through and comparing choices of techniques, along with each person's rationale will provide the very richest of learning experiences.  As one result, students will not only learn about how to select and use group techniques but will learn a lot about themselves as people and group leaders. With the help of the model and concrete case-based descriptions of how to lead groups, the text examines counseling, psychoeducation, psychotherapy, and task groups.

Robert K. Conyne, Jeri L. Crowell, and Mark D. Newmeyer’s

 

Group Techniques: How to Use Them More Purposefully, 1/e

 

Group Techniques offers a practical new approach to understanding and implementing a broad range of group techniques. Through the Purposeful Group Techniques Model (PGTM), a generic, flexible conceptual model that can be adapted for use in a variety of contexts, the text demonstrates how group leaders can choose counseling techniques purposefully based on the type of group, the group’s developmental stage, and applicable best practice guidelines. With the help of the model and concrete case-based descriptions of how to lead groups, the text examines counseling, psychoeducation, psychotherapy, and task groups.

 

Features of This Text:

• Critical Incidents in chapters 3-10 serve as practical examples highlighting issues relevant to the chapter content. Each Critical Incident begins with a description of the background on the issue, followed by the scenario itself, then a set of recommended steps to follow when selecting a technique to handle the issue, and group activities and reflective questions that may be used in classes or workshops (see pages 104-106, 162-163, and 218-220).
• Reflection Points in parts I and VI provide topics for individual analysis or group discussion (see pages 15, 63, and 483).
• Tool Box of Techniques Appendix offers a vast array of group techniques organized by best practice area (i.e, Planning, Performing, and Processing), group developmental stage (Beginning, Middle, End), by focus (cognitive, affective, behavioral, structural), and level (individual, interpersonal, group).