Pre-Owned Groups: A Counseling Specialty (Hardcover) 0131735950 9780131735958

9780131735958. New condition. Hard cover. 5th ed. Language: English. Pages: 544. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 544 p. Contains: Illustrations. This book was written to address the total field of group work, including how to set up and conduct the four basic types of groups - therapy, counseling, guidance, and work/task. It is a complete package on groups including the history of group work, dynamics of groups, leadership in groups, ethical issues in groups, multicultural aspects of groups, stages of group development, groups across the life span, and the theoretical basis for working with groups (10 theories covered). This text is filled with current and classic references and is packed with illustration. The author set out to write the most comprehensive and complete book on groups. Groups: A Counseling Specialty is readable and enjoyable. Readers are challenged frequently to reflect on how they would deal with specific aspects of a group and to reflect on their own experiences with groups.