By Philip J. Flores - Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory: 3rd (third) Edition

by Philip J. Flores

A revised edition of this text in which Flores provides strategies for defeating alcohol and drug addiction through group psychotherapy. 1) Intro to Group Psychotherapy & Addiction 2) Different Models of Group Psychotherapy 3) Interactional Group Psychotherapy 4) Modifications of Yalom's Interactional Model 5) Alcoholism, Addiction& Psychodynamic Theories of Addiction 6) Alcoholics Anonymous & Group Psychotherapy 7) The Use of Confrontation Techniques in Group 8) Inpatient Group Psychotherapy 9) Special Training for the Group Therapist and the Relationship of Persuasion to Group Psychotherapy 10) Characteristics of the Leader 11) Transference in Groups 12) Resistance in Group 13) Preparing the Chemically Dependent Person for Group 14) the Curative Process in Group Therapy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Lorissa McCarl · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book itself had a lot of information and was accessible to all education levels and useful in some settings. However, the book is incredibly outdated in the information provided and does not cover addictions outside of alcoholism and some drug use. I question its use as a modern textbook considering it was published before the DSM-5 came out and only provides a rudimentary understanding of addiction information known in 2007, thus making it obsolete today.