Group Psychotherapy Books
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)
Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations
From Iago to Fredo, Judas to General Hospital, acts of betrayal fascinate us. Eventually we all encounter this universal experience of human interaction, but despite its ubiquity, being betrayed can... (more)
Solution-focused Groupwork: Second Edition
Examines the therapeutic factors that characterize solution- focused groupwork and contribute to its effectiveness. This work also includes: creative exercises for use in practice; guidance on... (more)
No Five Fingers are Alike: What Exiled Kurdish Women in Therapy Told Me
This is probably the only book of it kind that focuses exclusively on refugee women, and one of the few that limit their scope only to one group of refugees - the Kurds, in this case. Although the... (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)
Linking, Alliances, and Shared Space: Groups and the Psychoanalyst
Group psychoanalysis (or group psychoanalytic psychotherapy) is a clinical practice that continues to be very active and plays an important role in the application of psychoanalysis, in the field of... (more)
The Personal Development Group: The Student's Guide
The personal development group is a feature of many counselling and psychotherapy trainings. How does it facilitate personal development? Could it be more effective? Looking from the perspective of... (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)
Cognitive Therapy in Groups: Guidelines and Resources for Practice: Second Edition
The book guides the therapist through the selection of participants and the main phases of cognitive therapy: education, identification of automatic thoughts using the ABC method, identification of... (more)
Dynamic Security: The Democratic Therapeutic Community in Prison
"Dynamic Security" describes the inner workings and dynamics of democratic therapeutic communities (TCs) in prisons. Chapters on theory, practice, management and on outcome and evaluation of work in... (more)
Resonance and Reciprocity: Selected Papers by Dennis Brown
This collection of papers, published between 1976 and 2003, traces the innovative connections which the eminent group analyst Dennis Brown made between medicine and psychoanalysis. They reveal his... (more)
Small Groups
The goal of this volume is to capture that diversity, and thereby convey the breadth and excitement of small group research by acquainting students with work on five fundamental aspects of groups.... (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)
Individuality and the Group: Advances in Social Identity
Social identity research has transformed psychology and the social sciences. Developed around intergroup relations, perspectives on social identity have now been applied fruitfully to a diverse array... (more)
Storymaking and Creative Groupwork with Older People
The author shows that working with older people need not be a chore, but exciting and stimulating, using storymaking as a basis. Echoing the oral tradition of mankind, the text shows how to use a... (more)
Working in Group Care: Social Work and Social Care in Residential and Day Care Settings
Working in group care (ie: residential and day services) is a challenging and complex task, demanding great skill, patience, knowledge and understanding. This book explains how the best practice can... (more)
Group Relations Conferences: Reviewing and Exploring Theory, Design, Role-Taking and Application
Group Relations Conferences contains the collection of papers presented at the Belgirate conference plus two additional papers, representing a collective picture of the current group relations... (more)
Group Analytic Art Therapy
Written by an internationally renowned psychotherapist, this comprehensive reference provides readers with a practical and theoretical framework for using group art therapy in a range of settings. It... (more)
Systems-Centered Practice: Selected Papers on Group Psychotherapy
Systems-Centered Practice presents a series of papers that trace the development of the theory of living human systems between 1987 and 2002. As the theory develops, so do the methods and techniques... (more)
Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction
Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message is NOT a self-help book. Instead, it’s a rare opportunity to sit in on a virtual therapy group and take part in a virtual Twelve... (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)
A Culture of Enquiry: Research Evidence and the Therapeutic Community
This work sets out the methods and results of people researching into TC (therapeutic communities). It presents a selection of research investigating various aspects of TC treatment environments that... (more)
Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups
Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes a finely-tuned awareness of the defensive roles of anxiety and depression, with an analysis of the phases of... (more)
Social Construction: A Reader
A collection of classic and contemporary articles, representing the major viewpoints central to social constructionism. It provides the reader with an overview of the key empirical research ideas and... (more)
Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion
Integrating relational theory with technique, this text reveals the personal nature of the process of group therapy as it affects the group therapist and group members. It builds on Bion's early... (more)
A quarter of a century of community psychology: Readings from the American journal of community psychology
This work contains research from the first 25 years of the "American Journal of Community Psychology", selected to reflect community psychology's rich tradition of theory, empirical research, action,... (more)
Complexity and Group Processes: A Radically Social Understanding of Individuals
The increasing complexity of interdependence between people in modern life makes it more important than ever to understand processes of human relating. In the West we tend to base our understanding... (more)