Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy: An Integrated Theory, Research, and Practice Training Manual

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Guidelines for Students
Guidelines for Instructors
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Course Objectives
Preface: The Joys and Challenges of Group Leadership
MODULE 1: Group Psychotherapy Foundations: Historic, Contemporary, and Cultural Perspectives
	1. History and Contemporary Developments
		Pre-Therapy Group Influences
		Joseph Pratt
		Jacob Moreno
		Other Early 20th Century Developments
		Samuel Slavson
		Mid Century Developments
		Cognitive Behavioral Group Psychotherapy Today
		Contemporary Psychodynamic Approaches
		Humanistic/Existential/Transpersonal Group Psychotherapy
		Psychoeducational Groups
		Systems-Centered Groups
		Recent Developments in Contemporary Groups
		Concluding Thoughts
	2. Towards Multicultural and Diversity Proficiency as a Group Psychotherapist
		Historical Bias and Concerns
		Defining Culture and Multiculturalism
		Stereotypes
		Tripartite Multicultural Model
		Knowledge about Specific Cultures
		Understanding and Appreciating Differences
		Bias
		Increasing Sensitivity
		Multicultural Information in the Pre-Group Meeting
		Empirical Support for Multicultural Competence in Counseling
		Training Issues
		Concluding Thoughts
MODULE 2: Group Structure and Group Dynamics
	3. Group Structure and Levels of Analysis
		Introduction
		The Structural Perspective
		Levels of Analysis
		Systems View of Groups
		Concluding Thoughts
	4. Therapeutic Factors
		Introduction
		Yalom and Leszcz’ (2005) Therapeutic Factors
		The Role of Cohesion
		Other Concepts of Therapeutic Factors in Group Psychotherapy
		Concluding Thoughts
	5. Anti-Therapeutic, Defensive, Regressive, and Challenging Group Processes and Dynamics
		Introduction
		Bion’s Basic Assumptions: Fight-Flight; Dependency; Pairing
		Loss of Self as an Autonomous and Interdependent Individual Group Member
		Anti-Group
		Violations of the Therapeutic Frame
		Splitting and Dysfunctional Subgrouping
		Deviant Roles, Scapegoating, Countertransference Enactments, and the Process
of Projective Identification
		Expanding Our Horizons: Social Psychology, Anthropology, Multicultural
Perspectives, and the Cross Fertilization of Ideas
		Concluding Thoughts
MODULE 3: Group Formation and Group Development
	6. Preparing to Begin a New Group
		Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
		Assessing the Feasibility of Establishing a New Group
		Designing the Group Structure
		Selection and Composition
		Pre-Group Preparation and Orientation
		Initial Group Agreements
		Concluding Thoughts
	7. Group Development
		Introduction
		Stages of Group Development
		Concluding Thoughts
MODULE 4: Group Leadership: Tasks and Skills
	8. Basic Leadership Tasks
		Introduction
		Keeping the Group on Track and Task
		Concluding Thoughts
	9. Advanced Skills
		Introduction
		Looking behind the Curtain
		Working with Transference
		Group-as-a-Whole and Subgroup Interventions
		Utilizing Countertransference
		Co-Leadership
		Tracking Progress and Process
		Concluding Thoughts
MODULE 5: Group Psychotherapy in Action: Ethics, Neuroscience and Personal Style
	10. The Ethical Group Psychotherapist
		Introduction
		Principle-Based and Virtue Ethics
		Ethical Decision Making Models
		General Practice Principles
		Concluding Thoughts
	11. Implications of Neuroscience for Group Psychotherapy
		Introduction
		Brain Models
		Polyvagal Theory
		Resonance Circuitry, Mirror Neurons and Brain Coupling
		Instinctive Emotional Patterns
		Implicit Memory and Implicit and Top-Down Emotional Regulation
		Memory Reconsolidation
		Developing Mindfulness and the Group Mind
		Concluding Thoughts
	12. Finding the Leader in You
		Training Recommendations
		Self-Care
		Boundaries
		Supervision
		Your Journey
		Concluding Thoughts
References
Index