Group Psychotherapy Books
Introduction to Group Therapy: A Practical and Balanced Guide to Effective Group Therapy
In this up-to-date text, Dr. Virginia Brabender provides balanced coverage of the major treatment approaches and provides a solid background of both why and how effective group therapy is practiced. (more)
Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization: New Perspectives from Group analysis, Psychoanalysis and Sociology
Is racial conflict determined by biology or society?
So many conflicts appear to be caused by racial and ethnic differences; for example, the cities of Britain and America are regularly affected... (more)
Music Therapy and Group Work: Sound Company
Group music therapy has been widely practised for many years, especially within institutional settings, and features substantially in training, yet there has been no publication devoted to the... (more)
Dreams in Group Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique
This state-of-the-art book provides help for therapists encountering a dream told in their group. It covers the major analytic theoretical perspectives and presents a variety of different... (more)
The Psychology of Group Aggression
This book's comprehensive journey starts with group dynamics theory and research by reviewing its relationship to aggression. The author provides a unique and valuable insight into the different... (more)
Creative Advances in Groupwork
Subjects covered include group therapy and planetary awareness, experiential groups, merging and splitting, social dreaming, playback theatre and sociodrama.
Weaving the Cradle: Facilitating Groups to Promote Attunement and Bonding Between Parents, Their Babies and Toddlers
Groups for parents, babies and toddlers, spanning the 1001 critical days from late pregnancy up to age two, are an effective way of supporting expectant and new parents by helping them to become more... (more)
Group Treatment Manual for Persistent Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Therapist's Guide
This Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Group Manual is a treatment guide for mental health professionals working with persistently depressed individuals. The manual... (more)
Group Work in Schools
School counselors are often the only employees in school settings with any formal education in group work, and yet their training is typically a general course on how to run groups. Group Work in... (more)
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Group Psychotherapy
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. ... (more)
Violence in America: Group Therapists Reflect on Causes and Solutions
Violence is a growing problem in American society, and hardly a day goes by that we don't hear about yet another heart-wrenching episode of mass violence. Such events, unfortunately, are only the... (more)
The Theory and Practice of Democratic Therapeutic Community Therapy
Democratic therapeutic communities have been set up all over the world, but until now there has not been a manual that sets out the underlying theories, and describes successful practice. Based on... (more)
Clinical Problem Solving: Case Management
Clinical Problem Solving: Case Management provides a powerful and unique counseling service format for making recommendations to clients and monitoring cognitive behavioral gains. The... (more)
Help Your Group Thrive: Workbook and Planning Guide
This easy-to-use manual is recommended for leaders of all types of groups – discussion groups, peer support, organizations, and workplace teams. You’ll find discussion of the different types of... (more)
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy: A Practitioner's Reference
This handbook describes in detail different contemporary approaches to group work with children and adolescents. Further, this volume illustrates the application of these models to work with the... (more)
Positive Dynamics: A Systemic Narrative Approach to Facilitating Groups
This is a practical manual for group facilitators, informed by extensive experience. Grounded in a firm psychological evidence base, it focuses on the concrete practicalities of how to make groups... (more)
Group CBT for Psychosis: A Guidebook for Clinicians
Psychosis implies an alteration of one's reality, with specific beliefs and sensory experiences that affect one's judgment and capacity to function socially. Previously, medication alone was believed... (more)
101 Interventions in Group Therapy: Second Edition
This newly revised and expanded second edition of 101 Interventions in Group Therapy offers practitioners exactly what they are looking for: effective interventions in a clear and reader-friendly... (more)
The Linked Self in Psychoanalysis: The Pioneering Work of Enrique Pichon Riviere
Enrique Pichon Riviere was a pioneering psychoanalyst, writing in Spanish in Argentina in the middle of the 20th century. He has never been translated into English, so his ideas are only known... (more)
International Perspectives on Group Work: Leadership, Practice, Research, and Teaching
The counselling profession in the United States is calling for increased international collaboration, engagement, and understanding of the global issues which impact the way in which counsellors... (more)
Group Workbook for Treatment of Persistent Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy-(CBASP) Patient's Guide
The Group Workbook for Treatment of Persistent Depression is a guide for patients suffering from persistent depression who participate in group therapy. The workbook provides handouts and skills... (more)
Group Activities for Latino/a Youth: Strengthening Identities and Resiliencies Through Counseling
Directly applicable to practice, Group Activities for Latino/a Youth allows helping professionals such as human service workers, social workers, and school and community mental health counselors to... (more)
Beyond Therapy: Igniting Life Focus Community Movements
In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of life focus in three of society's most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religion. He shows the life focus movement to be... (more)
Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice: Third Edition
A trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with adolescents. In an accessible,... (more)
The Art of Relational Supervision: Clinical Implications of the Use of Self in Group Supervision
The Art of Relational Supervision demonstrates the clinical implications of the relational approach when applied to supervision. Describing her philosophical and theoretical rationale for setting up... (more)
The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame
In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, authors Clive Hazell and Mark Kiel attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations... (more)