Group Therapy In Independent Practice

Scott Simon Fehr

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781135786991
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Learn effective techniques that will enhance your group therapy practice or educational program!Group Therapy in Independent Practice, written by seasoned clinicians, presents discussion on a wide spectrum of related issues that will help therapists to effectively handle group situations. Within its pages you will find proven and effective strategies that also examine group therapy as a whole, group therapy practices in Israel, and how you can use the Internet to enhance your professional practice. In addition to being an invaluable guide for practicing therapists, Group Therapy in Independent Practice is of particular interest for classroom use. The topics explored in relation to group therapy are diverse, covering the age range from adolescence to geriatrics. There is a focus on issues of intimacy and anger which are often two of the more difficult experiences for novice clinicians to effectively deal with in the beginning of their careers. There is also a very interesting chapter which explains the practice of group therapy in another country, lending a cross-cultural perspective to the work.Some of the areas that Group Therapy in Independent Practice will increase your expertise in are:

• personality disorders
• intimacy issues
• bereavement issues
• identity development in ADHD adolescents
• anger issues
• group dynamics
• internet resources for therapists

Group Therapy in Independent Practice brings to light the profound influence that this continuing and rapidly growing force in psychotherapy has on personality change, in America and around the world. It is a vital tool to make you more effective as a group leader.

Index

Abandonment (feelings of), 66

Activity analysis of group process, 21-32

Adderall, 55

ADHD. See Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)

Adolescents

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD) in. See Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)

benefits of group psychotherapy, 53

Conduct Disorder, 54

identity development, 53-62

Oppositional Defiant Disorder, 54

shame (feelings of), 53-54,57-59,61

Affective disorders, 3

Agazarian, Y.M., 64-65

Aggression (feelings of), 15,64,66, 71-72

AGPA. See American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)

Akron Child Guidance Center, 33

Allusion, literary, 4-7

Alonso, A., 15

Alta Vista (Internet search engine), 84

Ambivalence (feelings of), 64

America Online (Internet Service Provider), 80

American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), 3,13, 43,45-46

American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), 22-26

American Psychological Association (APA), 81-83

Analytic therapy groups, 13-19

Anger (feelings of), 8,19,34,38,63-75

Anxiety (feelings of), 8,14,18,64,67

AOTA.See American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)

APA.See American Psychological Association (APA)

APA Monitor, 83

Arlow, J.A., 66

AT&T (Internet Service Provider), 80

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)

benefits of group psychotherapy with adolescents, 53-57,60

defined, 53-54

group psychotherapy vs. individual therapy, 53-55

group therapy methods, 59-60

identity issues in adolescents with, 54-62

medications, use of, 55

Barkley, R.A., 54,57

Barnes, M.A., 2,21

Barry University, 77

Beck, A.R, 15

Behavioral methods of group psychotherapy, 21-22

Beit-Berl College, 43

Benefits of group psychotherapy, 1-2

Bennis, W.G., 64-65

Bereavement groups, 33-41

Bion, W., 45

Blanck, G., 67

Blanck, R., 67

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Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• About the Editor
• Half Title
• CONTENTS
• Introduction to Group Therapy in Independent Practice
• Personality Disorders: Group Psychotherapy as a Treatment of Choice
• Some Aspects of Intimacy in an Analytic Therapy Group
• Activity Analysis of Group Process
• Bereavement Groups with the Elderly
• Group Psychotherapy and Group Work in Israel-1998
• The Role of Group Therapy in Promoting Identity Development in ADHD Adolescents
• Anger in Group Therapy, Countertransference and the Novice Group Therapist
• An Introduction to the Internet for Independent Group Therapists
• Index