Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
About the Editors
List of Contributing Authors
Intro to Book - Cynthia R. Kalodner, Maria T. Riva, and Janice DeLucia-Waack
Current and Historical Perspectives In Group Counseling and Psychotherapy (Part 1)
Intro to Section - Maria T. Riva
1. The History of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy - Sally H. Barlow
2. A Unifying Theory for Group and Psychotherapy - Susan X. Day
3. Group Dynamics and Development - Donelson R. Forsyth and Leann Terry Diederich
4. Therapeutic Factors: Current Theory and Research - Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr. and D. Martin Kivlighan, III
5. Process and Outcome in Group Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Perspective - Gary M. Burlingame, Kaity Whitcomb, and Sean Woodland
Best Practices in Group Counseling and Psychotherapy (Part 2)
Intro to Section - Maria T. Riva
6. Guidelines for Ethical and Legal Practice in Counseling and Psychotherapy Groups - Lynn S. Rapin
7. Effective Processing in Groups - Donald E. Ward
8. Selecting and Using Activities in Groups - Amy Nitza
9. Effective Group Leader Skills - Melissa Luke
10. Unleashing the Healing Power of the Group: The Mutual Aid Process - Lawrence Shulman
11. An Overview of Current Research and Best Practices for Training Beginning Group Leaders - Rex Stockton, Keith Morran, and Seok-Hwan Chang
12. Supervision of Group Leaders - Maria T. Riva
13. Measures of Group Process Dynamics, Climate Behavior, and Outcome: A Review - Sandro Sodano, Wendy Guyker, Janice L. DeLucia-Waack, Heather Cosgrove, David Altabef, and Brian Amos
14. Best Practices in Group Counseling and Psychotherapy Research - Joseph R. Miles and Jill D. Paquin
Multicultural and Diverse Group Counseling and Psychotherapy (Part 3)
Intro to Section - Janice DeLucia-Waack
15. Understanding Racial/Cultural Identity Development Theories to Promote Effective Multicultural Group Counseling - Michael D’Andrea
16. Using Groups to Facilitate Social Justice Change: Addressing Issues of Privilege and Oppression - Anneliese A. Singh and Carmen F. Salazar
17. Group Work with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Clients - Sharon G. Horne, Heidi M. Levitt, Teresa Reeves and Emily E. Wheeler
18. Group Counseling for African Americans: Research and Practice Considerations - Sam Steen
19. Group Counseling Services for Persons with Disabilities - Stephanie K. Ellis, Cynthia G. Simpson, Chad A. Rose and Anthony J. Plotner
20. Group Counseling with Asians - Rita Chi-Ying Chung and Fred Bemak
21. Group Work with Those in Later-Life - Tammi Vacha-Haase
22. Psychoeducational and Counseling Groups with Latinos/as - Edil Torres Rivera, Ivelisse Torres Fernández and Whitney Alexander Hendricks
23. Group Therapy with Native People
Counseling and Psychotherapy Groups In Special Settings (Part 4)
Intro to Section - Janice DeLucia-Waack
24. Advancing Evidence-Based Group Work in Community Mental Health Settings: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities - Mark J. Macgowan and Alice Schmidt Hanbidge
25. Group Work in Schools - Lia D. Falco and Sheri Bauman
26. Group Work in Colleges and University Counseling Centers - Martyn Whittingham and Kacey Greening
27. Groups in Behavioral Health Settings - Joseph F. Rath, Hilary Bertisch, and Timothy R. Elliott
28. Group Treatments within the Department of Veterans Affairs - Les R. Greene, Ilan Harpaz-Rothem, Kathryn A. Sanders, Kristin MacGregor, Amanda Wheat, Lindsey Dorflinger, Anne Klee, and Joshua Bullock
Special Topics in Group Counseling and Psychotherapy (Part 5)
Intro to Section - Cynthia R. Kalodner
29. Groups for Depression - Peter J. Bieling, Irena Milosevic, and Randi E. McCabe
30. Groups for Anxiety Disorders - Randi E. McCabe, Irena Milosevic, and Peter J. Bieling
31. Group Psychotherapies for Complicated Grief - William E. Piper, John S. Ogrodniczuk, and Carlos Sierra Hernandez
32. Group Approaches for Addictive Behaviors - J. Michael Faragher and Adam Soberay
33. Group Work with Individuals Who Have Committed Interpersonal Violence - Jonathan P. Schwartz, Michael Waldo, and Molly J. Parsons
34. Group Work with Offenders and Mandated Clients - Robert D. Morgan, Christopher J. Romani, and Nicole R. Gross
35. Group Psychotherapy and Insecure Adult Attachment - Cheri L. Marmarosh and R. D. Markin
36. Groups for Survivors of Childhood and Sexual Abuse - Deborah A. Gerrity
37. Mindfulness and Group: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Dialetical Behavior Therapy - Chaunce R. Windle, Sandy Newsome, Michael Waldo, and Eve M. Adams
38. Pyscho-educational and Counseling Groups to Prevent and Treat Eating Disorders and Disturbances - Cynthia R. Kalodner, Janelle W. Coughlin, and Margaret Seide
39. Psycho-educational and Counseling Groups for Bullying - Katherine Raczynski and Arthur Horne
40. Counseling and Therapy Groups with Children and Adolescents - Zipora Shechtman
41. Women’s Groups: Research and Practice Trends - Nathalie Kees and Nancy Leech
42. Gender-Sensitive Group Counseling and Psychotherapy with Men - Andrew M. Kiselica and Mark S. Kiselica
43. Prevention Groups - Robert K. Conyne
44. Career and Transition Counseling in Groups - John C. Dagley and Georgia B. Calhoun
45. Adventure Therapy with Groups - H.L. “Lee” Gillis, Michael A. Gass and Keith C. Russell
46. Post-Disaster Group Counseling: A Multicultural Perspective - Fred Bemak and Rita Chi-Ying Chung
Reflections and Final Comments - Maria T. Riva, Janice DeLucia-Waack, & Cynthia R. Kalodner

About the Author

Janice L. DeLucia-Waack is currently an Associate Professor and Program Director for School Counseling in the Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She is also currently the Executive Director for the Association for Specialists in Group Work. She is the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work, and is a fellow in the American Counseling Association; Association for Specialists in Group Work (a division of ACA; and Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, a division of the American Psychological Association. She is author/editor of two books, Using Music in Children of Divorce Groups:  A Session-By-Session Manual for Counselors and Multicultural Counseling and Training:  Implications and Challenges for Practice, and co-editor/author of three other books: The Practice of Multicultural Group Work: Visions and Perspectives from the Field (with Jeremiah Donigian); Group Work Experts Share Their Favorite Activities: A Guide to Choosing, Planning, Conducting, and Processing (with Karen Bridbord and Jennifer Kleiner) , School Counselors Share Their Favorite Activities: A Guide to Choosing, Planning, Conducting, and Processing (with Louisa Foss, Judy Green, Kelli Wolfe-Stiltner), How to Design a Group Plan (with Amy Nitza) as part of Robert Conyne Group Work Practice Kit: Improving the Everyday Practice of Group Work. Her current project is the fifth in the ASGW Group Activity Book Series due out in Fall 2013: School Counselors Share Their Favorite Classroom Guidance Activities. (with Faith Colvin, Sarah Korta, Katherine Maertin, Eric Martin, & Lily Zawadski. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Eisenhower College, a master’s degree in Family Studies from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University.

Cynthia R. Kalodner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. She is the director of the masters program in Counseling Psychology and works closely with post-Masters students seeking licensure as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. Dr. Kalodner teaches Advanced Group Counseling and supervises students on practicum and internship placements throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rutgers University (1984), a master’s degree in Counselor Education (1986), and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology (1988) from the Pennsylvania State University. She completed her internship at the Counseling Center at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of the book, Eating Disorders and Disturbances: A Reference Guide, published by Greenwood Press. She has authored or co-authored more than 40 book chapters and journal articles and made numerous presentations at national meetings focused on eating disorders, cognitive-behavioral counseling theory and practice, and a variety of topics as diverse as health care issues in Appalachia to burnout among graduate students. She continues to conduct research on predictors of the development of eating disorders and media literacy groups focused on the prevention of eating problems in girls and women.

Maria T. Riva is a Professor in Counseling Psychology and Chair of the Department of School and Counseling Psychology at the University of Denver. She received her B.A. in psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1976, her M.S. in behavior modification from Southern Illinois University in 1979, and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in counseling psychology in 1990. Dr. Riva is currently the President of the APA Division 49, Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy. She is a past president of the American Counseling Association Division of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), a Fellow of ASGW, and a past Associate Editor of the Journal for Specialists in Gorup Work.  She has written articles on supervision and teaching of group counseling, and group superivison, along with co-editing the Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy (with DeLucia-Waack, Gerrity, and Kalodner) and authoring the book Assessing Groups with Robin Lange.  She teaches group counseling courses and courses in supervision. Her research interests are in group dynamics, group leadership, and ethical group supervision.

Reviews

."..[chapters] provide good overviews of multicultural group work with various populations...there is more focus on psychological world views, and less of a focus on the person-environment fit and the influence of social and environmental factors than is typically found in the social work literature."--Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D., Professor and Director "Social Work With Groups "

.,."[chapters] provide good overviews of multicultural group work with various populations...there is more focus on psychological world views, and less of a focus on the person-environment fit and the influence of social and environmental factors than is typically found in the social work literature." -- Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D., Professor and Director "Social Work With Groups"

., ."[chapters] provide good overviews of multicultural group work with various populations...there is more focus on psychological world views, and less of a focus on the person-environment fit and the influence of social and environmental factors than is typically found in the social work literature."

..."Ýchapters¨ provide good overviews of multicultural group work with various populations...there is more focus on psychological world views, and less of a focus on the person-environment fit and the influence of social and environmental factors than is typically found in the social work literature." -- Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D., Professor and Director "Social Work With Groups" (12/20/2004)

..."[chapters] provide good overviews of multicultural group work with various populations...there is more focus on psychological world views, and less of a focus on the person-environment fit and the influence of social and environmental factors than is typically found in the social work literature." -- Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D., Professor and Director "Social Work With Groups" (12/20/2004)