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Adolescent Group Therapy A Social Competency Model
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Book Code: C4024
ISBN: 0-275-94024-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94024-9
208 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/1991
List Price: $91.95 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • It is quite thought provoking and adds much to the available thinking about the treatment of disturbed adolescents.
    —Meninger Clinic Bulletin
  • The authors offer not only a sound model for adolescent group treatment, but the strong emphasis on actual practice can aid the practioner in his or her daily work. At one point in reading this book, I noted how much underlining I was doing; I realized this was occurring due to the many excellent ideas in this book.
    —American Journal of Psychotheraphy
  • This book is written in a clear, concise style that adroitly interweaves concepts and research findings with applications from the practice and experience of the authors. The whys and wherefores of conducting a group with adolescents are nicely framed within the context of the developmental needs, tasks, and obstacles particular to this life-cycle stage.
    —Families in Society
Description: This book offers a health-oriented, integrative approach to adolescent group therapy. George R. Holmes and his associates believe that promoting social competency in each adolescent group member is central to successful therapy. The enablement of interpersonal skills neutralizes the environmentally sponsored psychopathology that adolescents use to survive. The authors also emphasize the co-therapy relationship. They offer recommendations for supervising trainee therapists and for applying their model to other contexts, such as high schools. The authors discuss strategies developed in their clinical work, covering such issues as scapegoating, silence, and withdrawal. They explore how processes, roles, and meaningful issues change over the life of the group. Social competency should be the main focus, they argue: it is essential to nurturing self-parenting skills and a healthy identity. The co-therapy relationship--the interaction between co-therapists and among co-therapists and group members--also greatly determines therapeutic change. The book includes recommendations for supervising trainee therapists and for applying this model to other contexts, such as high schools. Adolescent Group Therapy will be of interest to students and to teachers and professionals in psychology, counseling, vocational rehabilitation, social work, nursing, education, and child and adolescent psychiatry.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Why Group Therapy for Adolescents?
  • Selected Varieties of Therapy
  • Physical Settings
  • Techniques, Start-up and Development
  • Transition Phase
  • Dealing with Changes in the Group
  • Themes and Possible Curative Factors
  • Why Co-Therapy?
  • Training and Supervision
  • Summary and Implications
  • References
  • Indexes
LC Card Number: 91-2693
LCC Class: RJ505
Dewey Class: 616.89
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