Virginia Brabender, April E. Fallon

Group Development in Practice: Guidance for Clinicians and Researchers on Stages and Dynamics of Change

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Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, Virginia Brabender and April Fallon chronicle the rich history of group development research, provide a survey of modern theories of group development, and introduce the authors' own five-stage model of group development. The authors demonstrate the importance of group identity to the achievement of treatment goals through a series of vivid, real-life vignettes that illustrate the characteristic behavior of group members at each stage. They apply their developmental perspective not only to traditional unstructured groups but also to focused groups and groups emerging from postmodern frameworks, such as social constructionism and narrative psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 315
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 187mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781433804083
• ISBN-10: 1433804085
• Artikelnr.: 25331739

Autorenporträt

Virginia Brabender and April Fallon

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction to Stage Development in Psychotherapy Groups
Part I. Group Development: Benefits, Theory and Research
Chapter 2: Advantages of a Developmental Approach to Group Psychotherapy
Chapter 3: Theoretical History of Group Development in its Application to
Psychotherapy Groups
Chapter 4: Empirical Investigations of Group Development
Part II. A Five-Stage Model of Group Development 
Chapter 5: An Illustration of a Group Through Its Development
Chapter 6: Developmentally-Focused Leadership Activities of the Therapist
Chapter 7: Stage Development With Structured Group Approaches
Chapter 8: Post-Modern Approaches and Group Psychotherapy: Clinical and
Developmental Implications
Part III. The Future of Developmentally Relevant Theory, Research, and
Practice
Chapter 9: Contextual Variables Requiring Further Examination
Chapter 10: Group Development: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors