Group Psychotherapy Books
Resolving Resistance in Group Psychotherapy
A study of individual and group resistances in therapy illustrated by numerous clinical vignettes. It offers techniques for handling and resolving resistance within the group and a theoretical... (more)
Ring of Fire: Primitive Affects and Object Relations in Group Psychotherapy
An original collection in which the contributors describe their research and therapeutic experiences working with the 'ring of fire' - the profound emotions and energies in a group recalling... (more)
Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction
Drawing upon social and literary accounts of discourse, this text examines the challenges to empiricism made under the banner of social construction. It outlines the elements of a social... (more)
Handbook of Group Psychotherapy: An Empirical and Clinical Synthesis
This is a comprehensive survey of all empirical evidence regarding process and outcome in group psychotherapy, with a focus on current and future directions in group research. The contributors cover... (more)
An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities
An introduction to the theories behind and the practice of therapeutic communities. 200 pages. (more)
Basics of Group Psychotherapy
A practical clinical manual which addresses the main issues in group therapy; this volume covers everything from determining who will benefit from group therapy, to step-by-step instructions for... (more)
Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction
In this comprehensive volume, Richard M. Billow provides a thorough introduction to group psychotherapy from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Billow integrates contemporary psychoanalytic... (more)
Group Psychotherapy with Children: Core Principles for Effective Practice
This book guides the reader through the process of creating evidence-based therapy groups for children.
Introducing an interpersonal theoretical framework that maximizes the interactional and... (more)
AutPlay® Therapy Play and Social Groups: A Neurodiversity-Affirming Model
The second edition of AutPlay® Therapy Play and Social Groups provides a neurodiversity-affirming perspective to help children and parents build healthy relationships, gain positive identity, build... (more)
Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures
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 group counseling... (more)
Group and Team Coaching: The Secret Life of Groups: Third Edition
Group and Team Coaching is a best-seller offering a new perspective on the ‘secret life of groups’, the subconscious and non-verbal processes through which people learn and communicate in groups and... (more)
The Journey from Psychoanalysis to Group Analysis: Further Papers of Malcolm Pines
The Journey from Psychoanalysis to Group Analysis presents a selection of papers from Malcolm Pines’s long career, documenting his profound contribution to group analysis and its... (more)
Focused Brief Group Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Reducing Interpersonal Distress
Focused Brief Group Therapy is an integrative interpersonal approach to brief group therapy that uses formal assessment to guide and inform treatment.
Interpersonal relationships are an... (more)
Revitalization Through Transactional Analysis Group Treatment: Human Nature and Its Deterioration
This innovative book describes the original essence particular to the human species and details the steps necessary to help re-establish this essence, in cases when it has deteriorated, in a... (more)
Group Psychotherapy Assessment and Practice: A Measurement-Based Care Approach
Group Psychotherapy Assessment and Practice is the definitive guide to assessment in group therapy, offering the reader a means to understand and implement group therapy screening, process, and... (more)
The Personal Development Group: The Student's Guide
The Personal Development Group plays a key part in counselling and psychotherapy training, and this book offers an insight into how it works and how to make best use of it. Taking the perspective of... (more)
Dreaming the Social: From 9/11 to Covid
Dreaming the Social uses social dreaming as a tool to explore aspects of contemporary life and examine how we can reverse social fragmentation and large-scale trauma. Since the attack on New York on... (more)
Group Radical Openness: An Intervention for Overcontrol
This innovative book introduces Group Radical Openness (GRO), a group treatment for individuals who struggle with costly and harmful overcontrol.
The book opens with the background and evolution... (more)
Creative Activities for Group Therapy: Second Edition
The second edition of Creative Activities for Group Therapy focuses on evidence-based alternatives for verbal expression in group therapy, which provides group leaders with innovative inspirational... (more)
The Ecosystem of Group Relations: Culture, Gender and Identity in Groups and Organizations
The unconscious dynamics that surface in groups when authority is exercised are of paramount importance in Group Relations Conferences; this volume addresses these considerations through research... (more)
Group Therapy for High-Conflict Divorce: A Workbook for the 'No Kids in the Middle' Intervention Programme
Group Therapy for High-Conflict Divorce: A Workbook for the 'No Kids in the Middle' Intervention Programme is an essential resource for reframing the divorce process to centre the child.
This... (more)
Group Psychodrama for Dementia, Old Age, and Loneliness: Trusting the Process
Group Psychodrama for Dementia, Old Age, and Loneliness offers a fresh approach for professionals working with older individuals by employing new and exciting custom methodologies in psychodrama,... (more)
Group Analytic Therapists at Work: Everyday Group Analysis
Group Analytic Therapists at Work is an accessible introduction to the experience of being in group analytic psychotherapy from a wide range of perspectives.
Written by members of the Group... (more)
Group Analysis throughout the Life Cycle: Foulkes Revisited from a Group Attachment and Developmental Perspective
Arturo Ezquerro and María Cañete present a captivating journey through human development, group lives and group attachment from infancy all the way into old age. Co-constructed with meticulous... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups
The leading guide to group-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has now been significantly revised with 70% new material, reflecting over 15 years of research and clinical advances. Too often,... (more)
Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses: The Power of Togetherness
Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses describes, explores and promotes the power of groupwork for refugees and survivors of human rights abuses in a range of... (more)
From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamics of Large Groups: Historical, Theoretical and Practical Considerations
From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamics of Large Groups offers transdisciplinary research on the history of the study of social formations, ranging from nineteenth-century crowd psychology in France... (more)
Sibling Relations and the Horizontal Axis in Theory and Practice: Contemporary Group Analysis, Psychoanalysis and Organization Consultancy
This book explores the interpersonal world of sibling relationships, explaining how these relationships are central to the development of the psyche of the individual, of the group, of society and of... (more)
Group Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals
This book presents the therapist with a reflective and robust framework for group treatment that promotes an end to the shame and secrecy so frequently experienced by survivors.
Through a series... (more)
The Ethics of Group Psychotherapy: Principles and Practical Strategies
The Ethics of Group Psychotherapy provides group psychotherapists with the ethical and legal foundation needed to engage in effective decision-making in their everyday group practices.
This text... (more)