Conducting Effective and Productive Psychoeducational and Therapy Groups
Author | : Nina W. Brown |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2018-07-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781315456959 |
ISBN-13 | : 1315456958 |
Rating | : 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Conducting Effective and Productive Psychoeducational and Therapy Groups offers a four-part structure designed to prepare future and beginning group leaders for the challenges that lie ahead: Getting Started, Encouraging Productivity, Troubleshooting/Problem Solving, and Closures. Along the way, readers will find practical, step-by-step instructions and guidance; activities to promote involvement, growth, and self-understanding; as well as processes and procedures to prevent and resolve difficult behaviors. Also included are 40+ activities, a typology of difficult member profiles, strategies to increase leader effectiveness, and a chapter on toxicity among groups as well as group members.