Group Psychotherapy Books
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)
On Group Analysis and Beyond: Group Analysis as Meta-Theory, Clinical Social Practice, and Art
By extending the views of Foulkes, Bion, Freud, and Klein, this book draws the outline of a group analytic theory and meta-theory by studying the paternal and maternal functions as expressed by the... (more)
The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups, and Societies: Volume 3: The Foundation Matrix Extended and Re-configured
In this book the authors develop the theory of the tripartite matrix, consider music as a form of non-verbal communication as a sub-dimension of the matrix, and to present empirical studies of the... (more)
What is Group Work?
This is a practical guide to improving the everyday practice of group work. What Is Group Work? presents an inclusive overview of group work in an easy-to-read format. Authors Robert K. Conyne and... (more)
Groups: Fostering a Culture of Change
Group leaders need to be culture-of-change builders. This book identifies group conditions that have evidentiary support. The authors point out how these conditions combine to yield a positive group... (more)
Attachment in Group Psychotherapy
Patients in group therapy often struggle with interpersonal problems and difficulties regulating emotions. Group therapy is an ideal format for many such patients because it exposes them to ample... (more)
Broadening the Base of Addiction Mutual Support Groups: Bringing Theory and Science to Contemporary Trends
Mutual-help groups have proliferated, diversified and adapted to emerging substance-related trends over the past 75 years, and have been the focus of rigorous research for the past 30 years. This... (more)
Windows into Today's Group Therapy: The National Group Psychotherapy Institute of the Washington School of Psychiatry
The Washington School of Psychiatry in Washington, D.C. has long been on the leading-edge of theoretical changes in psychotherapy, having offered a certification program in group psychotherapy, The... (more)
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy: Challenges and Opportunities
With coverage of the latest theory and research, this is a complete guide to implementing cognitive behavioral group therapy for practitioners and trainees in a range of mental health... (more)
Removing the Roadblocks: Group Psychotherapy with Substance Abusers and Family Members
Based on the author's 18 years of experience supervising group therapists, this quintessentially practical book is designed to help practitioners think through and formulate appropriate strategies in... (more)
Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy: A Conspiracy of Silence
Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy: A Conspiracy of Silence is unique in the field of analytic group psychotherapy. Many books assume that the frame of therapy, the boundary between what is and... (more)
Fairy Tales and the Social Unconscious: The Hidden Language
The book combines two main perspectives: the study of the social unconscious and the study of fairy tales. Examining different versions of fairy tales told by different ethnic communities teaches us... (more)
Group Interactive Art Therapy: Its Use in Training and Treatment
The first edition of Group Interactive Art Therapy presented the first theoretical formation of a model integrating the change-enhancing factors of both interactive group psychotherapy and art... (more)
Group Music Therapy: A Group Analytic Approach
In Group Music Therapy Alison Davies, Eleanor Richards and Nick Barwick bring together developments in theory and clinical practice in music therapy group work, celebrating the richness of what group... (more)
Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats with Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: An Evidence-Based Treatment Manual for Health Professionals
Following the success of Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats which outlines a self-help, CBT-based programme for dealing with menopausal symptoms, Myra Hunter and Melanie Smith have evolved a... (more)
Beyond the Anti-Group: Survival and Transformation
Beyond the Anti-Group: Survival and Transformation builds on the success of Morris Nitsun's influential concept of the Anti-group, taking it into new domains of thought and practice in the current... (more)
Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual with Patient Workbook
Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder represents the first treatment manual for group schema therapy and is based on the only group ST model validated by published empirical... (more)
Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Treatment Manual
The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of meaning in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by... (more)
Applied Psychology for Servant Religion: A Religious Behavioral Science Promotes Personal and Social Welfare
This book is the third in a trilogy of books on introductory psychology. It emphasizes the application of psychological principles for the improvement of individual and group behaviors. The two... (more)
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 Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups, and Societies: Volume 2: Mainly Foundation Matrices
The social unconscious is vital for understanding persons and their groupings, ranging from families to societies, committees to organisations, and from small to median to large therapeutic groups,... (more)
Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy: Pathways to Resolution: Second Edition
Group work presents the therapist with many situations, considerations, and, ultimately, decisions that are unique to the practice of group psychotherapy. Complex Dilemmas in Group Therapy includes... (more)
Group Play Therapy: A Dynamic Approach
Group Play Therapy presents an updated look at an effective yet underutilized therapeutic intervention. More than just an approach to treating children, group play therapy is a life-span approach,... (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)
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)