Overview
With this third edition, Psychoeducational Groups remains the only comprehensive, user-friendly guide to planning, implementing, facilitating, and evaluating psychoeducational groups. It presents all the necessary information to prepare leaders of a psychoeducational group through group design and practice. Included are step-by-step guidelines on how to initiate group sessions, construct group objectives, engage group members, monitor progress, and establish evaluation and follow-up guidelines. Emphasis is placed on the personal growth and development of the group leader, with careful consideration given to increasing awareness of personal issues and the potential impact that a leader can have on the group. New to this edition are chapters on cultural and diversity factors; risk management and ethics; groups for relating and communication; and groups in educational, agency, and workplace settings.
Full Product Details
Author: Nina W. Brown (Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 3rd New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.508kg
ISBN: 9780415882392
ISBN 10: 0415882397
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 02 March 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Replaced By: 9781138049390
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This is a solidly integrated book with a focus on achieving practical skills in psychoeducational group counseling. The author has provided a topically structured text that describes and capably prepares students to become effective group counselors. It stands as a valuable professional reference for those already conducting groups in the field. Tom Russo, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Nina Brown has written the most thorough and comprehensive text available on psychoeducational groups, and it is written with clarity and a conversational tone that will appeal to students and practitioners alike. Indeed, practitioners in community agencies, mental health centers, and hospitals will find in this book a blueprint for running effective groups throughout such centers. James Robert Bitter, EdD, Professor of Counseling, East Tennessee State University This textbook provides faculty and their students with full coverage of psychoeducational groups. It explains design, leader skills, member dynamics, population factors, and ethical considerations, along with a wide variety of sample exercises and illustrations of effective groups and workshops. It is one text students will want to keep for their professional bookshelves. Alan M. Woody Schwitzer, PhD, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, Old Dominion University
This is a solidly integrated book with a focus on achieving practical skills in psychoeducational group counseling. The author has provided a topically structured text that describes and capably prepares students to become effective group counselors. It stands as a valuable professional reference for those already conducting groups in the field. Tom Russo, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Nina Brown has written the most thorough and comprehensive text available on psychoeducational groups, and it is written with clarity and a conversational tone that will appeal to students and practitioners alike. Indeed, practitioners in community agencies, mental health centers, and hospitals will find in this book a blueprint for running effective groups throughout such centers. James Robert Bitter, EdD, Professor of Counseling, East Tennessee State University This textbook provides faculty and their students with full coverage of psychoeducational groups. It explains design, leader skills, member dynamics, population factors, and ethical considerations, along with a wide variety of sample exercises and illustrations of effective groups and workshops. It is one text students will want to keep for their professional bookshelves. Alan M. Woody Schwitzer, PhD, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, Old Dominion University
This is a solidly integrated book with a focus on achieving practical skills in psychoeducational group counseling. The author has provided a topically structured text that describes and capably prepares students to become effective group counselors. It stands as a valuable professional reference for those already conducting groups in the field. - Tom Russo, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Nina Brown has written the most thorough and comprehensive text available on psychoeducational groups, and it is written with clarity and a conversational tone that will appeal to students and practitioners alike. Indeed, practitioners in community agencies, mental health centers, and hospitals will find in this book a blueprint for running effective groups throughout such centers. - James Robert Bitter, EdD, Professor of Counseling, East Tennessee State University This textbook provides faculty and their students with full coverage of psychoeducational groups. It explains design, leader skills, member dynamics, population factors, and ethical considerations, along with a wide variety of sample exercises and illustrations of effective groups and workshops. It is one text students will want to keep for their professional bookshelves. - Alan M. Woody Schwitzer, PhD, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, Old Dominion University
