Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures

by Robert C. Berg, Garry L. Landreth, Kevin A. Fall

First published in 1979, Group Counseling has consistently been a widely used and praised text, providing both novice and experienced counselors with a framework from which to expand group counseling skills and knowledge. This revised sixth edition offers a reader-friendly and engaging journey through the group process that is congruent with 2016 CACREP standards and the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) practice standards and grounded in the most cutting-edge research and theory. The authors present a thorough discussion of the rationale for using group counseling with an emphasis on the group's role as a preventive environment and as a setting for self-discovery. They examine the group facilitator's internal frame of reference and ways to overcome initial anxiety about leading groups, and they also explore typical problems in the development, facilitation, and termination of the group process and provide suggested solutions. Individual chapters are included to explore the application of group counseling with children and adolescents.

Notable additions an expanded chapter on diversity and social justice in group work; an expanded chapter on co-leadership, a topic often ignored in other group counseling texts; a new chapter on ethics and leadership training; a reworked chapter on leader functions, styles, and skills; and a reworking of the chapter on group counseling with children that includes an in-depth look at Landreth's innovative and empirically validated Child-Parent-Relationship Therapy.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Textbooks

254 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 28, 1979

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Reviews

[Anna Christie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This text was very helpful for me during my group counseling course. The chapters were clear and concise and the specific examples of group dialogue were great additions to the chapter content.

[Stella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Kevin Fall, one of the authors of this text, was my graduate professor in my group counseling course. Facilitating and participating in group therapy is not "my thing," but I will say that Dr. Fall was able to instill in me the realization that this type of therapy can be extrordinarily useful/healing for many individuals. I have mad respect for group therapy and for this text as a guiding force in the facilitation of such therapy.