Understanding group psychotherapy:

by Patricia P. Gadban, Irvin D. Yalom (Contributor)

Featuring Irvin D. Yalom, M.D. Instructor's-Practitioner's manual, an overview and discussion guide for the video series

In the first four programs, Dr. Yalom, professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine leads simulations (based on real sessions) of outpatient and of inpatient group therapy sessions. He offers commentary on the situations depicted and the techniques used. In the last program Patricia P. Gadban interviews Dr. Yalom; they discuss his existential perspective on group psychotherapy and other aspects of the therapeutic process and his insights into the training of group therapists.

Contents:
Preface : a note about the simulations --
Using these tapes --
Overview of the outpatient group vignettes. Descriptions of the group members --
Contents of the vignettes and the themes illustrated --
Overview of the inpatient group session. Descriptions of the group members --
Contents of the sessions --
Overview of an interview with Dr. Yalom --
Discussion questions --
Exercises.

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990