Group Psychotherapy Books
Group Processes
It is impossible to understand human behavior without understanding the critical role that groups play in people's lives. Most of us belong to a range of formal and informal groups, including... (more)
Creative Activities for Group Therapy
Leading a group is a delicate balancing act of tasks and dynamic group and individual factors, and the group leader's expertise and skill are fundamental to maintaining this balance. However, no... (more)
A Community-Based Approach to the Reduction of Sexual Reoffending
A Circle of Support and Accountability is a group of trained volunteers who meet on a regular basis with a high risk sex offender living in their community. This pioneering approach, based on... (more)
Making Sense of Social Situations: How to Run a Group-Based Intervention Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often demonstrate significant deficiencies in social interaction and social communication skills, so it is critical to understand and develop... (more)
Therapeutic Groups for Obese Women: A Group Leader's Handbook
This book provides a practical, comprehensive guide to the group treatment of obesity. It is derived from a 5 year research project and draws upon elements of CBT and a variety of other counselling... (more)
Envy, Competition and Gender: Theory, Clinical Applications and Group Work
Envy Competition and Gender provides a unique perspective on gender difference in relation to envy and competitiveness, reframing and de-demonising these difficult emotions and revealing their... (more)
Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
Written by academics and practitioners from around the world, this is a comprehensive overview of the development of therapeutic communities and their benefits in the treatment of drug users.... (more)
A Guide to Starting Psychotherapy Groups
This guide aims to provide the reader with the elements needed for starting a therapy group. It should assist psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and other trained therapists in the process... (more)
Organizations in depth: The psychoanalysis of organizations
Illustrated with numerous examples, this is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the insights psychoanalysis can offer to the study of organizations and organizational behaviour. 338 pages. (more)
Identities, Groups and Social Issues
This accessible and authoritative textbook presents an engaging overview of social psychological research on groups, the development of social identity, intergroup relations and the process of making... (more)
Working More Creatively with Groups: Fifth Edition
In this classic text Jarlath Benson presents the basic and essential knowledge required to set up and work with a group. He looks at how to plan and lead a group successfully and how to intervene... (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)
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)
Group Art Therapy: Practice and Research
Group Art Therapy: Practice and Research is the first textbook of its kind, taking into account practice-based evidence and using a transtheoretical approach to present a range of art therapy group... (more)
Hot groups: Seeding them, feeding them, and using them to ignite your organization
A hot group is defined by a distinctive state of mind coupled with a style of behaviour that is intense and sharply focused on its ultimate goal. This book examines how members of a hot group plunge... (more)
The social mind: Construction of the Idea
Charts the history of the idea of socially constructed mind by examining key theorists Lev Vygotsky, George Herbert Mead, James Mark Baldwin and Pierre Janet. An analysis of the theories of these... (more)
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)
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: Skills and Strategies for Effective Interventions: Third Edition
The new edition of Group Work adds a focus on diversity and the use of self in group work, an area too often neglected in professional training but essential to meeting current competence standards... (more)
Freud: From Individual Psychology to Group Psychology
Explores Freudian psychoanalysis as a full-fledged science, as it relates psychoanalytically to issues of individual psychology (Individualpsychologie) and group psychology (Massenpsychologie). It... (more)
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Anxiety: A Transdiagnostic Treatment Manual
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is highly effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, regardless of the specific type of fear that is causing difficulties. This practical, hands-on clinical... (more)
Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis: Philosophy, History and Clinical Practice
This book looks at the range of treatment programmes on offer in therapeutic communities for those suffering from psychosis. "Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis" offers a uniquely global insight... (more)
Groupwork for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Ages 11-16: An Integrated Approach
This book includes a short, easy-to-read theoretical background to Austism Spectrum Disorder focusing on the underlying impairments and their impact on sensory processing, motor development, play,... (more)
Working with Gangs and Young People: A Toolkit for Resolving Group Conflict
Concern about gang culture is on the increase, but remains surrounded by myths. While gangs may lead young people into dangerous situations and breed community division, distrust and fear, the... (more)
Cooperation in Groups: Procedural Justice, Social Identity, and Behavioural Engagement
This work explores the psychological motives that shape the extent and nature of people's cooperative behaviour in groups. The authors bring together two literatures: the study of rule following... (more)
Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion (Hardback)
Building on Bion's early theory of group and his later formulations regarding the structure of thought and the role of affect, this work expands on the present understanding of relational theory and... (more)
Project-Based Group Work Facilitator's Manual: Young People, Youth Workers and Projects
This manual sets out the basic concepts of project-based group work and gives guidelines on managing different elements of the process. It is intended to act as a foundation from which facilitators... (more)