A user-friendly guide of best practice for leading groups in various settings and with different populations, which incorporates the latest developments in today's mental health marketplace.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• 1. Introduction to Group Psychotherapy Jeffrey L. Kleinberg
• Section One: Building the Frame: Theoretical Models
• Introduction
• 2. Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapy: An Overview Priscilla F. Kauff
• 3. The Interpersonal Model of Group Psychotherapy Molyn Leszcz; Jan Malat
• 4. Towards an Integrative Intersubjective and Relational Group Psychotherapy Victor L. Schermer; Cecil A. Rice
• 5. Integrative Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy Greg Crosby; Donald Altman
• 6. Functional Subgrouping and the Systems-Centered Approach to Group Therapy Susan P. Gantt
• 7. The Functional Group Model Sharan L. Schwartzberg; Mary Alicia Barnes
• 8. It's All About Me: Introduction to Relational Group Psychotherapy Richard M. Billow Contents
• 9. Resonance among Members and its Therapeutic Value in Group Psychotherapy Avi Berman
• 10. The Dynamics of Mirror Reactions and their Impact on the Analytic Group Miriam Berger
• 11. Meeting Maturational Needs in Modern Group Analysis: A Schema for Personality Integration and Interpersonal Effectiveness Elliot Zeisel
• 12. Developing the Role of the Group Facilitator: Learning from Experience Orit Nuttman-Shwartz; Sarit Shay
• 13. From Empathically Immersed Inquiry to Discrete Intervention: Are There Limits to Theoretical Purity? Steven L. Van Wagoner
• Section Two: Groups for Adults
• Introduction
• 14. Support and Process-Oriented Therapy Groups Lise Motherwell
• 15. Working with the Difficult Group Patient Phyllis F. Cohen
• 16. Working with Primitive Defenses in Group Martha Gilmore
• 17. Structured Techniques to Facilitate Relating at Various Levels in Group Albert J. Brok
• 18. Effective Management of Substance Abuse Issues in Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy Marsha Vannicelli
• 19. Single-Gender or Mixed-Gender Groups: Choosing a Perspective Darryl L. Pure
• 20. Sexual Diversity in Group Psychotherapy Morris Nitsun
• 21. Group Therapy For Females Molested In Girlhood Shoshana Ben-Noam
• 22. Couples Group Psychotherapy: A Quarter of a Century Retrospective Judith Coché
• 23. The Large Group: Dynamics, Social Implications and Therapeutic Value Haim Weinberg; Daniel J. N. Weishut
• 24. Dreams and Dreamtelling: A Group Approach Robi Friedman
• 25. Group Interventions Following Trauma and Disaster Suzanne B. Phillips; Robert H. Klein
• 26. After the Conflict: Training of Group Supervision in Guatemala Elisabeth Rohr
• 27. Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Psychosis: A Psychodynamic (Group-Analytic) Approach Ivan Urlić
• 28. Care for the Caregivers Richard Beck
• Section Three: Groups for Children
• Introduction
• 29. Group Therapy with Children Seth Aronson
• 30. Adolescent Group Psychotherapy: The Real Work Andrew P. Pojman
• 31. The Earth as a Classroom: Children's Groups in the Aftermath of Mass Trauma Emily Zeng
• 32. A Multidisciplinary Treatment Team Model for Youth Offenders in Correctional Treatment Centers: Applying Psychodynamic Group Concepts D. Thomas Stone Jr.; Anne Carson Thomas
• Section Four: Diversity
• Introduction
• 33. Diversity in Groups: Culture, Ethnicity and Race Siddharth Ashvin Shah; Razia Kosi
• 34. A Spiritually Informed Approach to Group Psychotherapy Alexis D. Abernethy
• Section Five: Through a Personal Lens
• Introduction
• 35. Group Psychotherapy as my Career Path Walter N. Stone
• 36. My Development as a Group Therapist Marvin L. Aronson
• 37. Group Psychotherapy with High-Functioning Adults Or, People Like Me! Bonnie J. Buchele