Group Psychotherapy Books
Group Work with Children and Adolescents
A comprehensive resource manual, this book looks at the theory and development of group work as a form of therapy, the settings in which group work may be used, and effective therapeutic methods. 345... (more)
The Large Group: Dynamics and Therapy
This important, pioneering book collates our knowledge of large groups, both at a theoretical and practical level. Thirteen distinguished contributors offer experiences from a wide range of... (more)
Koinonia: From Hate, through Dialogue, to Culture in the Larger Group
A study of the larger group, focusing on the processes and dynamics whereby the group micro-culture emerges. As the initial frustrations of the group find expression in hate, this is transformed... (more)
Group Analytic Psychotherapy: Method and Principles
Group analysis is a form of psychotherapy in small groups and also a method for studying groups and the behavior of human individuals in their social aspects. Apart from a number of practical... (more)
Selected Papers: Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis
The collection of Foulkes' papers, which includes some unpublished material and some published in English for the first time, comprises not only the later Group-Analytic writings but also those from... (more)
The Third Eye: Supervision of analytic groups
Brings together the thoughts of experienced practitioners of group analysis and the reactions of those they have supervised. 174 pages. (more)
Bion and Group Psychotherapy
Bion's synthesis of the approach of classical psychoanalysis based on the individual with that of group dynamics has been of enduring influence. The authors of this work, all closely associated with... (more)
Psychoanalytic Group Therapy
Karl Konig and Wulf-Volker Lindner have distilled their many years of research, rich clinical experience, and extensive theoretical knowledge of analytic group psychotherapy. Now, for the first time... (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)
The Ethics of Group Psychotherapy: Principles and Practical Strategies
The Ethics of Group Psychotherapy provides group psychotherapists with the ethical and legal foundation needed to engage in effective decision-making in their everyday group practices.
This text... (more)
Compassion Focused Group Therapy for University Counseling Centers: A Clinician’s Guide
Compassion focused therapy (CFT) articulates an approach that faces suffering head-on to understand, alleviate, and prevent suffering in ourselves and in others. Compassion Focused Group Therapy for... (more)
Why Group Therapy Works and How to Do It: A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
This book describes how group treatment offers a unique opportunity for group members to learn and to change as they interact with other group members.
The group structure presents a social... (more)
Groups in Transactional Analysis, Object Relations, and Family Systems: Studying Ourselves in Collective Life
Groups are arguably an essential and unavoidable part of our human lives-whether we are part of families, work teams, therapy groups, organizational systems, social clubs, or larger communities. In... (more)
How to Run Reflective Practice Groups: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
In How to Run Reflective Practice Groups: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals, Arabella Kurtz explores the use of reflective practice in the modern healthcare context. Responding to the rapidly... (more)
Healing Trauma in Group Settings: The Art of Co-Leader Attunement
Healing Trauma in Group Settings offers a unique focus on the highly valuable role of attuned co-leader relationships in the practice of healing trauma. Drawing on their extensive experience of... (more)
Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy: An Integrated Theory, Research and Practice Training Manual
Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy is designed as the primary curriculum for the Principles of Group Psychotherapy course in partial fulfilment of the Certified Group Psychotherapist credential... (more)
Group Therapy for Voice Hearers: Insights and Perspectives
Based on extensive interviews with expert facilitators from around the world and grounded in empirical evidence, Group Therapy for Voice Hearers includes numerous tips, strategies, case examples, and... (more)
Group Analysis: Working with Staff Teams and Organizations
Featuring contributions from a range of organizational contexts, Group Analysis: Working with Staff, Teams and Organizations identifies the key features to group analytic practice as well as how... (more)
Doing the Business of Group Relations Conferences: Exploring the Discourse
Group Relations conferences offer opportunities to learn about group, organisational and social dynamics; the exercise of authority and power; the interplay between tradition, innovation and change;... (more)
Group Trauma Treatment in Early Recovery: Promoting Safety and Self-Care
Infused with clinical wisdom, this book describes a supportive group treatment approach for survivors just beginning to come to terms with the impact of interpersonal trauma. Focusing on establishing... (more)
Introduction to Group Therapy: A Practical Guide, Third Edition
The main objective of Introduction to Group Therapy is to give the reader a solid understanding of group therapy while simultaneously creating scholars in the group therapy paradigm. This unique book... (more)
Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT: A 30-Day Program for Treating Addictions and Trauma
Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT provides group and individual therapists with proven experiential exercises that utilize dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and original... (more)
Group Therapy for Psychoses
Group therapy for patients with psychotic experiences is one of the least known of the group therapies; it is also one of the most diverse. This collection presents a range of methods, models and... (more)
The Theory and Practice of Balint Group Work: Analyzing Professional Relationships
Michael Balint's work grew out of a desire to analyze the doctor-patient relationship and improve diagnosis and treatment, and is now known and implemented internationally. In The Theory and Practice... (more)
New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy: Relational Ground, Authentic Self
Gestalt therapists often work with groups. Group therapists from a variety of theoretical orientations frequently incorporate insights and methodology from gestalt therapy. New Directions in Gestalt... (more)
Essentials of Group Therapy
Group therapy is an increasingly popular treatment modality for a variety of disorders and client populations. Essentials of Group Therapy provides both professionals and students with a clear... (more)
Adlerian Group Counseling and Therapy, Step-by-step
A distillation of some of the most significant ideas pertaining to the group work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs, this text illustrates the development of a group from its formation to its final... (more)
Group Psychotherapy and Addiction
This important collection is written by many well-known experts, several renowned on the international stage, with perspectives from the UK, USA and Scandinavia. They share their extensive... (more)
Using Focus Groups in Research
Focus Groups are often under-used as a valuable tool for research.
The time of the therapeutic communities: People, places and events
From the 1950s onwards, different movements, ideas and key figures have contributed to the emergence of the initiative which is now recognized as "therapeutic communities". This book follows these... (more)