Group Leadership Skills: 4th Edition (Springer Series on the Teaching of Nursing) [Hardcover]

Carolyn Chambers Clark EdD ARNP FAAN (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826123341 | ISBN-13: 978-0826123343 | Publication Date: January 2, 2003 | Edition: 4

This book provides skills and strategies for becoming an effective group leader. It can be applied to many situations -- support, psychotherapy or education groups, with groups of students or clients, in organizations or communities. It includes many simulated exercises to provide the necessary practice for leadership skills. This edition includes:

• New information on self-help support groups and computer-mediated groups
• More information on the history, theory, and research related to group process
• More information on group conflict, group problem-solving, group decision making, types of leadership, and team building
• A checklist for beginning a group
• Methods for warming up groups
• Methods for working with large groups

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Please note: Carolyn Chambers Clark is the only author of Group Leadership Skills. Perry Chambers McCandless is not a coauthor as stated on this website.

About the Author

Carolyn Chambers Clark, ARNP, EdD, FAAN, AHNC, founded the Wellness Institute and now runs a website called Wellness and Relationship Resources at www.carolynchambersclark.com that provides continuing education materials, newsletters, seminars, and practice management consultation. As a certified advanced holistic nurse and mental health nurse practitioner, she has maintained a private practice with clients for more than 30 years, focusing on whole person wellness.

She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1980 and is an award-winning author who has conducted research and published widely on wellness, holistic, and self-care topics, including Wellness Practitioner, Integrating Complementary Procedures into Practice, Health Promotion in Communities: Holistic and Wellness Approaches (Springer Publishing Company, 2001),Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) (Springer Publishing Company, 2003) and The Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice (Springer Publishing Company. 1999) She was also founding editor of the Alternative Health Practitioner: The Journal of Complementary and Natural Care and is the author of Group Leadership Skills (Springer Publishing Company, 2003), now in its fourth edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 4 edition (January 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826123341
• ISBN-13: 978-0826123343
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,268,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Clear Approach, March 9, 2003

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Martha E. Crites (Seattle, Wa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Group Leadership Skills: 4th Edition (Springer Series on the Teaching of Nursing) (Hardcover)

Carolyn Chambers Clark's book, Group Leadership Skills 4th Edition, is unique because it teaches the basics of group process through clear description and well-thought out exercises to help the reader practice and analyze each concept. It is intended for a wide variety of helping professions including nurses, mental health professionals and educators.

Award winning author, Dr. Clark, speaks about how to work with the anxiety and conflict found in normal group process, as well as problems such as scapegoating and silence. She includes check lists and forms that can be used for supervision and analysis. Sections on older adults, focus groups, organizations and communities make this book a good reference for special populations as well. I have led groups in community and mental health settings for many years and would highly recommend Group Leadership Skills as one of the most complete and readable books I've seen on the subject. I give it 5 stars.
Martha Crites MC

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid and comprehensive guide to group work, April 18, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Group Leadership Skills: 4th Edition (Springer Series on the Teaching of Nursing) (Hardcover)

Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Group Leadership Skills by therapist and group work consultant Carolyn Chambers Clark is a solid and comprehensive guide to group work and organization, which was originally intended to be used as a text for nurses, then became expanded so as to be applicable to all business and social circles. Individual chapters address group problem solving, qualities needed from an effective group leader, the importance of recording and analyzing group processes, working with focal groups, and much more. Group Leadership Skills is very strongly recommended reading for anyone whose personal or professional activities involve them in group work situations or scenarios.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on leadership skills!, February 27, 2003

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Ellen Westphal (Minden, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Group Leadership Skills: 4th Edition (Springer Series on the Teaching of Nursing) (Hardcover)

While this book focuses on nurses who lead group sessions, it can be used by anyone who is leading or a member of a group. What I liked best was the practical advise and the great exercises at the end of each chapter. If you're a new group leader, the simulations will build confidence and ensure your group is a success!