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Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills

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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!

This book is the best textbook. It is actually the first one I have read cover to cover. It will be a great resource and is exactly the same as the new edition! Thanks!

The book came when expected. It is in great condition, and will be very helpful in class. I purchased it for my daughter in graduate school, and she has been using it for about 4 weeks now.

Book was exactly as described. Received quickly . No problems. Very happy with the book . It was a used book . Would buy from them again.

Required text book for a undergraduate psychology class and it was excellent learning tool.This is one text book I am not selling back.

They put my book in the mail within less than a day! They are great people with which to work! I Highly recommend!

The course offered an online version through CourseSmart, but I opted to purchase the book and am glad I did, because it was much better to access material needed for class study and exams.

Thanks Amazon!

This book is way too long considering the content. The authors waste the readers time explaining concepts to death. The authors could have published all the information in this book in 20 pages or less. Some of the techniques might be useful to beginning therapists, but advanced ones will not get much out of this. This is one of the worst written books on group counseling I have ever read (and I have read many). Don't waste your time or money. There are better books out there.

This is a great book. My only regret is that I did not know about the DVD that goes with it at the time I purchased the book. If you get the book, be sure to also get the DVD. You'll be glad you did.

I have not been terribly excited about this book. If you want to learn about group counseling there are more informative, more interesting, more stimulating and better written books than this one!