Group Work Experts Share Their Favorite Activities Volume 2: A Guide to Choosing, Planning, Conducting, and Processing

Kerrie R Fineran

ISBN 10: 1556203454 / ISBN 13: 9781556203459

Editore: American Counseling Association, 2014

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Riassunto:

This is the sequel to the Association for Specialists in Group Work's best-selling group activity book Group Work Experts Share Their Favorite Activities. Volume 2 offers more than 50 new and improved activities that can be implemented in a variety of practice settings. In this book, group workers from around the world offer step-by-step instructions for facilitating and processing group activities for work in clinical mental health settings, community organizations and agencies, student affairs, and counselor education. Among the topics addressed are group work with adults, children, and adolescents; couples and families; LGBT populations; college students; people with addictions; counselors-in-training; immigrants; and more. Descriptions of each activity include the target population, rationale for conducting the group, materials needed, goals, directions for implementation, sample processing questions, potential adaptations of the exercise, and specific references or resources. In addition, succinct chapters discuss considerations for both beginning and advanced group workers. This one-of-a-kind book is characterized by a practical approach to facilitating psychoeducational, task, counseling, and therapy-related groups.

Informazioni sull?autore: About the Editors Kerrie R. Fineran is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. She serves as the Coordinator of School Counseling and is currently acting director of the Counselor Education Program. Benjamin J. Houltberg is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He serves as the coordinator of the Couple and Family program. Amy G. Nitza is the Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz. Education Programs. Dr. Nitza has experience counseling children, adolescents, and families in school and community settings, as well as in the supervision of school and agency counselor trainees. Amy has extensive group work experience and is particularly interested in cross-cultural groups. She has traveled to numerous countries to lead and research groups, including Botswana and Bhutan. She is a long time member of ASGW and has served the organization in numerous capacities, including President and Secretary on the Executive Board, and Editor of the ASGW Newsletter. Jacqueline B. McCoy is a graduate student in the Couple and Family Counseling Program at Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne. She graduated from The University of Evansville and has experience working with children, adolescents, and at-risk families. She intends to pursue doctoral level work upon graduation. She is a member of ASGW and is interested in challenging stigma and discrimination on all levels, as well as working with women’s and GLBTQQA issues in group settings. Sarah M. Roberts is a graduate of Ball State University and is a graduate student in the School Counseling Program at Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne. She is currently a school counseling intern in the Warsaw Community School District, member of ASGW, and is looking forward to pursuing a career in counseling with an emphasis on working with grief and school students through the modality of group work.

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Titolo: Group Work Experts Share Their Favorite ...
Casa editrice: American Counseling Association
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket