Group Psychotherapy Books
Resolving Resistance in Group Psychotherapy
A study of individual and group resistances in therapy illustrated by numerous clinical vignettes. It offers techniques for handling and resolving resistance within the group and a theoretical... (more)
Ring of Fire: Primitive Affects and Object Relations in Group Psychotherapy
An original collection in which the contributors describe their research and therapeutic experiences working with the 'ring of fire' - the profound emotions and energies in a group recalling... (more)
Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction
Drawing upon social and literary accounts of discourse, this text examines the challenges to empiricism made under the banner of social construction. It outlines the elements of a social... (more)
Handbook of Group Psychotherapy: An Empirical and Clinical Synthesis
This is a comprehensive survey of all empirical evidence regarding process and outcome in group psychotherapy, with a focus on current and future directions in group research. The contributors cover... (more)
An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities
An introduction to the theories behind and the practice of therapeutic communities. 200 pages. (more)
Basics of Group Psychotherapy
A practical clinical manual which addresses the main issues in group therapy; this volume covers everything from determining who will benefit from group therapy, to step-by-step instructions for... (more)
Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth
This is an interactive self-help workbook and psychological road map to enable survivors of coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse to find healing, recovery and growth.
This book provides a... (more)
The Capable Group Coach: Bridging Knowledge and Practice for Transformative Learning and Change in Groups
Written with clarity and warmth, this book is a transformative guide for professionals determined to create learning-rich, trust-filled environments where people and organizations not only grow—but... (more)
A New Pluralistic Paradigm for Research: Diverse Methods for Researching Analytic and Other Groups
A New Pluralistic Paradigm for Research: Diverse Methods for Researching Analytic and Other Groups is a comprehensive resource that equips a diverse audience with essential research knowledge.... (more)
Analytic Group Consultation for Intermediate Beginners: What I Wish I Knew When I Started to Run Groups
Analytic Group Consultation for Intermediate Beginners provides a complete, accessible guide to running groups, and addresses the gaps in training and the challenges that emerge in the group therapy... (more)
A Clinician's Guide to Compassion Focused Group Therapy for the Severely Mentally Ill
This manual provides clinicians with guidance to conduct compassion focused group therapy with patients suffering from severe forms of mental illness.
Historically, those suffering from severe... (more)
Group Therapy for Complex Trauma: A Schema-Informed Approach
Group Therapy for Complex Trauma provides a roadmap for professionals trying to address the many issues that arise in group treatment. It’s an excellent training resource for mental health... (more)
Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction
In this comprehensive volume, Richard M. Billow provides a thorough introduction to group psychotherapy from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Billow integrates contemporary psychoanalytic... (more)
Group Psychotherapy with Children: Core Principles for Effective Practice
This book guides the reader through the process of creating evidence-based therapy groups for children.
Introducing an interpersonal theoretical framework that maximizes the interactional and... (more)
AutPlay® Therapy Play and Social Groups: A Neurodiversity-Affirming Model
The second edition of AutPlay® Therapy Play and Social Groups provides a neurodiversity-affirming perspective to help children and parents build healthy relationships, gain positive identity, build... (more)
Addressing Diversity Dynamics in Group Therapy: Clinical and Training Applications
This book illustrates group dynamics and group interventions in response to diversity-related content and processes in group therapy.
Perspectives informed by conceptual frameworks guide the... (more)
Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures
First published in 1979, Group Counseling has consistently been a widely used and praised text, providing both novice and experienced counselors with a framework from which to expand group counseling... (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)
Advances in Group Therapy Trauma Treatment
Advances in Group Therapy Trauma Treatment contains compelling theoretical, clinical, and research advances in group trauma therapy by leading experts in the field. This timely book includes... (more)
Therapeutic Love and Heartfullness: Meanderings Through Group Analysis, Group Analytic Art Therapy and Individual Therapy
This book introduces the concepts of “therapeutic love” and “heartfullness,” combining models of group analysis, art therapy, and individual psychotherapy to present a new psychotherapeutic framework... (more)
The Journey from Psychoanalysis to Group Analysis: Further Papers of Malcolm Pines
The Journey from Psychoanalysis to Group Analysis presents a selection of papers from Malcolm Pines’s long career, documenting his profound contribution to group analysis and its... (more)
Group Therapy and Group Dynamic Theory: A Professional Method for all Group-Based Treatment
Group Therapy & Group Dynamic Theory offers an innovative approach to group therapy with an integrated and highly practical method. It is written for all group therapists. The book offers a solid... (more)
Gods, Heroes and Groups: Relational Dynamics through Mythic Archetypes
Decoding group dynamics using depth psychology and mythic archetypes, the authors synthesise post-Jungian ideas about myth with modern theories of group psychology. By understanding the currents and... (more)
Advances in Group Psychotherapy: Living in the Passionate Bad Fit
Advances in Group Psychotherapy presents an exploration of the work of Stewart Aledort in group psychotherapy.
The book covers key areas of Aledort’s work in group psychotherapy, including... (more)
Focused Brief Group Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Reducing Interpersonal Distress
Focused Brief Group Therapy is an integrative interpersonal approach to brief group therapy that uses formal assessment to guide and inform treatment.
Interpersonal relationships are an... (more)
Revitalization Through Transactional Analysis Group Treatment: Human Nature and Its Deterioration
This innovative book describes the original essence particular to the human species and details the steps necessary to help re-establish this essence, in cases when it has deteriorated, in a... (more)
Group Psychotherapy Assessment and Practice: A Measurement-Based Care Approach
Group Psychotherapy Assessment and Practice is the definitive guide to assessment in group therapy, offering the reader a means to understand and implement group therapy screening, process, and... (more)
Intersectionality and Group Analysis: Explorations of Power, Privilege and Position in Group Therapy
Drawing on clinical practice, this book explores how the Black feminist idea of intersectionality is vital to all group work practices, including group analysis.
Intersectionality enables... (more)
The Virtual Group Therapy Circle: Advances in Online Group Theory and Practice
This book provides group therapists and counselors with the necessary knowledge and help to develop their skills in effectively conducting online groups.
Group therapy represents the most... (more)