Lucille Gordon, Robert V. Heckel, George R. Holmes

Adolescent Group Therapy (eBook, PDF)

A Social Competency Model

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1991
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313388187
• Artikelnr.: 37827427

Autorenporträt

GEORGE R. HOLMES is Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychology at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute. He has published numerous articles in a wide range of journals, including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and the American Journal of Psychiatry.

ROBERT V. HECKEL is Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. He is author of 22 books and monographs on clinical psychology.

LUCILLE GORDON has a private practice and is Executive Director of the United Behavioral Clinics of Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

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