Group Work

Group Work: Processes and Applications, 2nd Edition, is a textbook addressing specialized group work conducted by counselors within a systemic and multicultural framework. The volume prepares group leaders to plan and guide group interactions across distinct developmental stages.

While briefly summarizing traditional theoretical frameworks, the text emphasizes concrete counseling techniques and their practical implementation. Coverage examines systemic planning, member roles, and accountability alongside the developmental progression through forming and orienting, transition, working, and termination stages.

Aligned with 2016 CACREP standards, the textbook examines task, psychoeducational, and psychotherapy models. Accompanying instructor teaching materials include lecture PowerPoint presentations and an instructor's manual.