Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy

by J. Scott Rutan, Walter N. Stone

This highly acclaimed work has served as a comprehensive professional resource and text since its original publication. Now in its revised and expanded third edition, Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy covers all aspects of forming and leading groups for a broad range of clinical populations. Essential topics covered include mechanisms and processes of change, patient selection, group composition, and patient preparation. Also addressed are leadership issues, the use of cotherapists, combining group work with other forms of treatment, understanding the expression of affect in groups, and dealing with "difficult" groups or individual members. Extensively revised, the third edition incorporates recent refinements in theory and practice from a variety of psychodynamic perspectives. References have been updated throughout, many new clinical examples have been added, and a separate chapter is now devoted to time-limited groups. Another entirely new chapter will be particularly useful in teaching and supervision. It provides an extended clinical illustration with commentary from both authors, illustrating the differing, equally valid perspectives that two experienced therapists might bring to the same case.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

386 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Jason Mocan]

Very informative for me when in reflection of the various directions I wanted to take my life. This book was especially helpful because of its broad-based approach with a number of theoretical perspectives considered to further the understanding and integration necessary in exploratory therapy and often in group processes in general. This book sparked a deep-seated love of self-exploration through community in my life and the adventures that would be had as a group therapist.

"The therapist's position is that of both an expert and an emotional participant. The therapist alternates between the stance of a separately functioning individual who observes the process and a person who is emotionally engaged with the group and whose own affects can be used as information about the group interactions."

[CeCe · Rating 5 out of 5]

very informative and thorough on how group therapy works