Aimed at practising and trainee counsellors, this book seeks to teach how to lead. It features discussion of group dynamics for individuals who may find themselves in group-leadership positions. The authors discuss the facets of group counselling and provide examples that show how each skill can be applied in a wide range of group settings to produce efficient working groups.
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"It offers a practical, hands-on guide to group counseling with concrete, specific information for students on how to run a group from beginning to end. It stresses creativity and active leadership, and it provides many exercises that beginning group leaders can use from the beginning of their careers. I highly recommend it."
"The book is well constructed, appropriate for graduate-level work, comprehensive in coverage of issues related to group work. Students consistently provide favorable feedback about this text."
"If you can only use one text for graduate students or new counselors, this is the one. It's group counseling made clear and manageable. My students report that the best parts are the how-to's, like deepening the focus, cutting off, using rounds." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"The book is well constructed, appropriate for graduate-level work, comprehensive in coverage of issues related to group work. Students consistently provide favorable feedback about this text."
"If you can only use one text for graduate students or new counselors, this is the one. It's group counseling made clear and manageable. My students report that the best parts are the how-to's, like deepening the focus, cutting off, using rounds." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ed E. Jacobs is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Master's Counseling Program at West Virginia University. He graduated from Florida State University with a doctorate in counselor education and received his masters and undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. For the last twenty years, he has conducted over 450 workshops throughout the United States and Canada on Impact Therapy, group counseling, addictions counseling, and various other counseling-related topics. He is a fellow in the Association for Specialists in Group Work and has a small private practice. Dr. Jacobs is the author of more than twenty articles and four books. He received the Professional Development Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work in 2003.
Dr. Robert L. Masson received his Ed.D. at SUNY, Buffalo. He is now retired and lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Dr. Masson was a professor for over thirty years at West Virginia University in the Counseling, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Department. He taught courses in techniques, theories, group, and rehabilitation counseling.
Dr. Riley L. Harvill is the co-founder of The HarBeck Company, a human resource training and consulting firm located in Dallas, Texas. Before co-founding The HarBeck Company, Dr. Harvill was an associate professor at the University of North Texas in the Counselor Education Department, where he taught courses in individual and group counseling. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Dr. Robert L. Masson received his Ed.D. at SUNY, Buffalo. He is now retired and lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Dr. Masson was a professor for over thirty years at West Virginia University in the Counseling, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Department. He taught courses in techniques, theories, group, and rehabilitation counseling.
Dr. Riley L. Harvill is the co-founder of The HarBeck Company, a human resource training and consulting firm located in Dallas, Texas. Before co-founding The HarBeck Company, Dr. Harvill was an associate professor at the University of North Texas in the Counselor Education Department, where he taught courses in individual and group counseling. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Counseling groups? You probably need this!,
By Lynn "catsmeow792002" (Somerset, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills (Paperback)
Written in Jacobs's usual concise, never boring, and yet easy to read style, this informative text concerning group counseling provides all of the information a qualified counselor needs to plan, develop, and facilitate groups effectively. Jacobs's introduces group concepts within the integrative framework of Impact Therapy, a dynamic approach to counseling, incorporating theory and creative techniques, that he developed. His style, while not for everyone, provides the tools that a courageous counselor well-versed in theory can use to facilitate client movement.
I have studied with Dr. Jacobs, and so quickly realized these are the very same techniques he uses to run his Theories and Techniques classes. I know they work because there is never a moment in class that feels wasted, and it is never boring. My experience has been that class is generally over long before you want it to be. Recently, I was developing a group proposal as a requirement of a group counseling class I took this summer. I had read the Corey book on groups, had the benefit of a semester's worth of lectures, had been through 40 or 50 additional publications/articles. I had all of this information and I had an idea, and yet I was struggling on exactly how to go about putting this proposal together. I had recently received the Jacobs book, but only had time to read the first couple of chapters, so I picked it up, flipped to the chapter on planning groups, and withing 20 pages my pen was flying as I scribbled notes organizing my project. Two chapters later, all I had left to do was type the formal proposal. The book is filled with practical ideas presented in an uncomplicated manner that allows for immediate practical application. I highly recommend it!
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