The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Group Psychotherapy

Jeffrey L. Kleinberg

John Wiley & Sons, Jun 22, 2015 - Psychology - 824 pages

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.

• Features multiple theoretical perspectives and guidelines for running groups for diverse populations, in the US and worldwide
• Offers modern approaches and practical suggestions in a user-friendly and jargon-free style, with many clinical examples
• Includes a major component on resiliency and trauma relief work, and explores its impact on clinicians
• Accompanied by an online resource featuring discussions of psychotherapeutic techniques in practice

Contents

• Introduction to Group Psychotherapy: 1
• An Overview: 13
• The Interpersonal Model of Group Psychotherapy: 33
• Towards an Integrative Intersubjective and Relational: 59
• Integrative CognitiveBehavioral Group Therapy: 89
• Functional Subgrouping and the SystemsCentered: 113
• The Functional Group Model: 139
• Introduction to Relational Group Psychotherapy: 169
• Resonance among Members and its Therapeutic Value in Group: 187
• The Dynamics of Mirror Reactions and their Impact: 197
• A Schema: 217
• Groups for Adults 271: 275
• Working with the Difficult Group Patient: 299
• Working with Primitive Defenses in Group: 321
• Structured Techniques to Facilitate Relating at Various: 335
• Choosing a Perspective: 381
• Sexual Diversity in Group Psychotherapy: 397
• A Quarter of: 431
• Dynamics Social Implications: 457
• A Group Approach: 479
• Group Interventions Following Trauma and Disaster: 499
• Training of Group Supervision in Guatemala: 517
• A Psychodynamic: 547
• Care for the Caregivers: 571
• Groups for Children: 587
• The Real Work: 609
• Childrens Groups in the Aftermath: 623
• A Multidisciplinary Treatment Team Model for Youth: 645
• Diversity: 665
• A Spiritually Informed Approach to Group Psychotherapy: 681
• Through a Personal Lens: 707
• My Development as a Group Therapist: 731
• Group Psychotherapy with HighFunctioning Adults: 745
• Author Index: 771
• Subject Index: 785

About the author

Jeffrey L. Kleinberg, a Psychologist, is a Fellow and President of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He has trained more than 1000 mental health professionals in trauma counseling and group treatment in the U.S. and internationally, and is also Professor Emeritus at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Group Psychotherapy; Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks
• Editor: Jeffrey L. Kleinberg
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2015
• ISBN: 1119050316, 9781119050315
• Length: 824 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / General; Psychology / Psychotherapy / Group