Author: Jonathan H. Ohrt Publisher: ISBN: 9781124091563 Category : Counseling Languages : en Pages : 175
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Counselor education programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (cacrep) require their students to participate in a group experience as a member for 10 clock hours over the course of an academic term (cacrep, 2009). In addition, the Association for Specialists in Group Work (asgw) recommends that students participate in a group experience as a member or a leader for at least 10 hours and states that 20 hours of participation is preferable (asgw, 2000). Counselor education programs satisfy the requirement in a variety of ways (Anderson & Price, 2001; Armstrong, 2002; Merta et al., 1993); however, the two most common types of groups are unstructured (E.G., personal growth) (48%), and structured (E.G., psychoeducational) (38%), both requiring some level of self-disclosure by students (Armstrong, 2002). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two group approaches on counseling students' empathy development, group leader self-efficacy development, and their experience of the therapeutic factors. More specifically, this study compared personal growth groups and psychoeducational groups on the constructs of: (a) cognitive and affective empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index [iri]; Davis, 1980), (b) group leader self-efficacy (Group Leader Self-Efficacy Instrument [glsi]; Page, Pietrzak, & Lewis, 2001), and cohesion, catharsis, and insight (Curative Climate Instrument [cci]; Fuhriman, Drescher, Hanson, & Henrie, 1986). In addition, the study explored pre to post intervention change for each group on the constructs of cognitive and affective empathy and group leader self-efficacy. The statistical analyses in this study included (a) mancova, (b) discriminant analysis, and (c) repeated-measures ANOVAs. The participants in personal growth groups valued catharsis and insight at greater levels than participants in the psychoeducational groups. Additionally, there was not a difference between the groups at posttest on cognitive empathy, affective empathy, or group leader self-efficacy. Further, neither group experienced a change in cognitive or affective empathy from pre to post. However, both groups did experience an increase in group leader self-efficacy from pre to post. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest llc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.].
Author: Maria T. Riva Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1483318192 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 80
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A practical guide to evaluating group process and outcomes Ample evidence demonstrates that well-planned and delivered group work can benefit members. Equally important is the continual improvement of group work practice, achieved through the evaluation of each individual group experience. How to Evaluate Groups provides practical guidance on how you can establish—or collaborate with researchers to accomplish—research designs aimed at evaluating group process and outcomes. This accessible book: Covers group work measures, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches Includes tips on implementing research designs Draws from an up-to-date scholarly base that includes the latest research on group work How to Evaluate Groups is part of the Group Work Practice Kit: Improving the Everyday Practice of Group Work, a collection of nine books each authored by scholars in the specific field of group work. To promote a consistent reading experience, the books in the collection conform to editor Robert K. Conyne’s outline. Designed to provide practitioners, instructors, students, and trainees with concrete direction for improving group work, the series provides thorough coverage of the entire span of group work practice. This book is endorsed by the Association for Specialists in Group Work.
Author: Donald E. Ward Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1483318230 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 88
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A practical guide to maximizing learning in groups This easy-to-understand book provides practical strategies for helping members learn from their ongoing group experience, including guided illumination of selected group events. Real cases and practice exercises reinforce the importance of reflecting on your practice between group sessions. This brief guide draws on the latest research on group work, covering diversity and multicultural issues as well as accreditation or specialty standards. How to Help Leaders and Members Learn from Groups is part of the Group Work Practice Kit: Improving the Everyday Practice of Group Work, a collection of nine books each authored by scholars in the specific field of group work. To promote a consistent reading experience, the books in the collection conform to editor Robert K. Conyne’s outline. Designed to provide practitioners, instructors, students, and trainees with concrete direction for improving group work, the series provides thorough coverage of the entire span of group work practice. This book is endorsed by the Association for Specialists in Group Work.
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1412953707 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 1105
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“The writing is both highly personable and also very specific about techniques and attitudes students may take on as they experiment with membership leadership. I think my students will like it and will use it to engage even more fully with the experiential group. It most certainly fills a niche that needed filling.” —Adam L. Hill, Sonoma State University Now Accompanied by a DVD! Focusing on how to conduct and lead groups in a variety of therapeutic settings, Learning Group Leadership: An Experiential Approach, Second Edition covers theory, process, leadership, techniques, ethics, special populations, and challenges as they relate to group work. The Second Edition introduces important conceptual and practical information and then uses exercises, field study assignments, and personal application questions to help students apply concepts to their work and lives. The Second Edition now includes “student voices” throughout each chapter to provide descriptions of actual experiences. Key Features: Takes an experiential approach, helping readers understand how the concepts they learn in class can be applied to their own work in conducting groups Offers a conversational, practical, and realistic writing style Includes relevant examples drawn from the authors’ more than 25 years of teaching and leading experience Is accompanied by a new DVD, bound in the back of the book, which contains scripted sessions corresponding with every chapter The password-protected instructor’s site is available with test questions at http://www.sagepub.com/kottler2einstr/main.htm. Learning Group Leadership: An Experiential Approach, Second Edition is ideal for use in introductory courses in Group Therapy or Group Work in the disciplines of counseling, human services, psychology and social work.
Author: Kevin A. Fall Publisher: Nova Publishers ISBN: 9781560728573 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 342
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The effectiveness of group counselling, as a treatment modality, has been well established. And while additional theoretical work will always be needed, perhaps the greater challenge for contemporary group practitioners lies in crafting theoretically sound applications of group theory so that group methods can be used more effectively to benefit clients struggling with various psychological and developmental problems. This book responds to this need by offering fourteen chapters of creative, useful examples of how group methods can be successfully applied to a wide range of problems and populations. Each chapter, written by innovators from the fields of counselling, social work, psychology and psychiatry, focuses on specific mental health problems of issues that will interest a wide population. A careful analysis of each psychological or development problem greets the reader, followed by a discussion of the theoretical basis for the interventions. Each chapter utilises practical recommendations, outlines of procedures, and liberal use of case examples to illuminate important process points. Each broad category, Adults; Children and Adolescents; and Training and Theory; includes interesting chapter topics such as Group counselling with late deafened adults, Marital restoration groups, Therapist's uses of self in group psychotherapy, and Group play therapy with abused children. The elegant combination of theory and practice offers the reader a range of easily implemented methods and techniques applied to each specified problem. Modern Applications to Group Work is a valuable companion text for any group-oriented course. Undergraduate and graduate courses in group can use the text to illustrate the application of general group principles to specific psychological concerns. Modern Applications to Group Work may he used as the primary text for advanced courses in group counselling, psychology and social work programs. Practitioners will he attracted to the book due to die comprehensive scope and the strong theoretical basis of each chapter that is followed by pragmatic treatment strategies.
Author: Mei-whei Chen Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1544327471 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 609
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Drawing on extensive teaching and clinical experience, this book discusses how therapists can bring about change in group settings using a well-developed organizing framework that utilizes interpersonal processes.
Author: Hardin L.K. Coleman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135283591 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 927
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The mission of this forty-eight chapter Handbook is to provide a comprehensive reference source that integrates counseling theory, research and practice into one volume. It is designed to meet the needs of entry-level practitioners from their initial placement in schools through their first three to five years of practice. It will also be of interest to experienced school counselors, counselor educators, school researchers, and counseling representatives within state and local governments.
Author: Walter M. Lifton Publisher: ISBN: Category : Social groups Languages : en Pages : 312
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From the Blurb: Working With Groups and using them properly is the basic key to a successful democratic society. Groups can free the individual rather than confine him; they represent an inadequately used resource. This book shows how groups and group action are related to important contemporary social concerns, including: The rising demand for equal rights from various segments of our society. The growing recognition of critical shortages in the helping professions, along with an increasing emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach. The impact of new educational media on the teaching-learning process. The author presents group techniques which consider the means as determining the final goal. He relates current pressures of society to the use of group techniques as a way to solve problems, and gives an understanding of the yardsticks to be used to determine the use and appropriateness of specific group techniques. He presents a philosophy of education which emphasizes the importance of early childhood experiences, and the role to be played by the school counselor of tomorrow.
Author: Jonathan H. Ohrt
Author: Maria T. Riva
Author: Donald E. Ward
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler
Author: Ruth Marie Buczynski
Author: Kevin A. Fall
Author: Mei-whei Chen
Author: Hardin L.K. Coleman
Author: Clarence Gratton Kemp
Author: Walter M. Lifton