Group Psychotherapy Books
Group Therapy Techniques with Children, Adolescents, and Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Growth and Connection for All Ages
Group Therapy Techniques with Children, Adolescents, and Adults on the Autism Spectrum is designed for psychologists, counselors, and social workers who are interested in using group therapy with... (more)
Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice: Third Edition
A trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with adolescents. In an accessible,... (more)
The One and the Many: Relational Approaches to Group Psychotherapy
The One and the Many: Relational Approaches to Group Psychotherapy applies advances in relational psychoanalysis to the theory and practice of group psychotherapy. In this volume Robert Grossmark and... (more)
Working with Women's Groups for Problem Gambling: Treating gambling addiction through relationship
Why do so many women with gambling addiction relapse? Lifelong recovery requires much more than to just stop gambling. Women's groups provide long-term benefits and support and have proven to be... (more)
Developing Nuclear Ideas: Relational Group Psychotherapy
Building and expanding on concepts presented in his previous volumes (Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion, and Resistance, Rebellion and Refusal in Groups: The 3Rs),... (more)
Group Relations Work: Exploring the Impact and Relevance Within and Beyond its Network
Group Relations Work: Exploring its Impact and Relevance Within and Beyond its Network is composed of the presentations given at Belgirate IV, as well as some post conference reflections. The various... (more)
The Courage of Simplicity: Essential Ideas in the Work of W.R. Bion
Relying on and developing the ideas of W.R. Bion, this book observes psychoanalytic thinking through three prisms: person, group and society. The book is divided into four sections.
The first... (more)
Attention, Cooperation, Purpose: An Approach to Working in Groups Using Insights from Wilfred Bion
This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion’s ideas on... (more)
Facilitating Challenging Groups: Leaderless, Open, and Single-Session Groups
Groups - like the people in them - come in all forms, and often they don't fit a standard mould. Single-session, leaderless, and open groups are three of the most common kinds of nonstandard groups,... (more)
Applications of Group Analysis for the Twenty-First Century
The Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) celebrates forty years from its foundation with the publication of these two volumes. The first volume aims to publicise the foundations of group analysis (with... (more)
Foundations of Group Analysis for the Twenty-First Century
The Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) celebrates forty years from its foundation with the publication of two new volumes tracing the foundations and applications of Group Analysis. The first volume... (more)
Group Analytic Psychotherapy: Working with Affective, Anxiety and Personality Disorders
Group analytic theory is internationally recognised as an effective treatment for people suffering from mental distress, struggles with personal development and interpersonal problems. Integrating... (more)
Group Analytic Psychotherapy: Working with affective anxiety and personality disorders
This manual provides a detailed description of both long- and short-term versions of group analytic therapy, with rich and vivid clinical examples to illustrate theory and techniques. (more)
Specialty Competencies in Group Psychology
Human beings are born into groups, educated in groups, and belong to many groups, yet routinely attribute individual motives to their actions when in fact group-influenced behaviors are the more... (more)
Group Therapy for Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Adapting the Tavistock Method
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which incapacitate them... (more)
Group Filial Therapy: Training Parents to Conduct Special Play Sessions with Their Own Children
In Group Filial Therapy, therapists train parents to undertake play sessions with their own children until these skills become an integral part of family life. Based on Non-directive Play Therapy... (more)
Listening with the Fourth Ear: Unconscious Dynamics in Analytic Group Psychotherapy
There are multiple meanings to the term 'group-as-a-whole' and all have a contribution. This book emphasizes that the therapist ideally listens with the fourth ear, not only attending to the latent... (more)
Motivational Interviewing in Groups
A unique clinical resource, this book shows how to infuse the methods and spirit of motivational interviewing (MI) into group-based interventions. The authors demonstrate how the four processes of MI... (more)
Experiential Unity Theory and Model: Reclaiming the Soul
Experiential Unity Theory and Model was devised to address the current concerns dominating the field of group therapy and individual counseling. It is vital that any healing modality address the root... (more)
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)
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)
The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process
Might it be possible that neuroscience, in particular interpersonal neurobiology, can illuminate the unique ways that group processes collaborate with and enhance the brain’s natural developmental... (more)
The One and the Many: Relational Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis
This book is a of papers written between 2002 and 2012 on the subject of group analysis and relational psychoanalysis. From the author’s point of view, these two disciplines are really the two sides... (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)
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)
The Dynamics of Change: Tavistock Approaches to Improving Social Systems
This book contains reflections of the most important theories and practices of the ‘Tavistock tradition’ over the past 80 to 90 years - psychoanalysis (the role of thought); socio-technical systems... (more)
Working with Groups
The book responds to the need for an introductory text on group work practice in South Africa. It is concerned with the setting in which group work is practiced, and outlines the contemporary context... (more)
Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach
Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach stands as a comprehensive account of theoretical and practical approaches to the group treatment of patients who present with problematic... (more)
Group and Individual Work with Older People: A Practical Guide to Running Successful Activity-based Programmes
Being active is fundamental to a person's sense of physical and mental wellbeing, and the need to engage in purposeful and meaningful activity does not diminish with age. However, common effects of... (more)