Synopses & Reviews
Drawing on their extensive clinical experience in working with groups, Marianne and Gerald Corey provide a realistic approach to the blending of theory with practice in group work. This best-selling text has been updated with new examples, guidelines, insights, and ideas that demonstrate how group leaders can apply the basic issues and key concepts of the group process to a variety of groups. Offering up-to-date coverage of both the "what is" and the 'how to' of group counseling, the Seventh Edition features a greater focus on group work with children, the elderly, issues in both women's and men's groups and in school settings.
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"I have used this text for a number of years and each edition gets better and better. I applaud the clarity and examples provided for each stage."
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"I have reviewed countless other texts, but I have never found a text that is as student-friendly, applied, and consistent with the process of the group class."
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"The self-assessments, thought questions and inventories are valuable and a hallmark of Corey texts. The exercises in each chapter are great and I have successfully used them with my students. The scenarios are appropriate and relevant to what students are bound to encounter as they work with group members and they have not only stimulated an environment where I can point out concepts and dynamics from my lectures, but they actually act as a springboard for the work that students might do in their experiential group."
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-425) and index.
About the Author
'Marianne Schneider Corey is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and is a National Certified Counselor and a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work. Marianne has been actively involved in providing training and supervision workshops in group process for human-services students and professionals. She facilitates self-exploration groups for graduate students and continues to conduct training workshops in group counseling with Jerry is various countries. Both Marianne and Jerry were the recipients of the Eminent Career Award (for distinguished and major contributions to the field of group work) by the Association for Specialists in Group Work (March, 2001).GERALD COREY is a Professor Emeritus of Human Services at California State University at Fullerton, and an adjunct professor of counseling and family sciences at Loma Linda University. He received his doctorate in counseling from the University of Southern California. He is a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; a licensed psychologist; a National Certified Counselor; a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Counseling Psychology); a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; and a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work; and (with Marianne Schneider Corey) received the Association for Specialists in Group Work\'s Eminent Career Award in 2001. Jerry also received the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award from California State University at Fullerton in 1991. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in group counseling, as well as courses in experiential groups, the theory and practice of counseling, and ethics in counseling. He is the author or co-author of 15 textbooks in counseling currently in print, along with numerous journal articles. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GROUP COUNSELING has been translated into Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian. Along with his wife, Marianne Schneider Corey, Jerry has conducted group counseling training workshops for mental health professionals at many universities in the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Germany, Belgium, Scotland, England, and Ireland.'
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction: Basic Issues in Group Work. 1. Introduction to Group Work. 2. The Group Counselor: Person and Professional. 3. Ethical and Legal Issues in Group Counseling. Part II: Group Process: Stages of Development. 4. Forming a Group. 5. Initial Stage of a Group. 6. Transition Stage of a Group. 7. Working Stage of a Group. 8. Ending a Group. References and Suggested Readings for Parts One and Two. Part III: Application of Group Process to Specific Groups. 9. Groups for Children. 10. Groups for Adolescents. 11. Groups for Adults. 12. Groups for the Elderly. Name Index. Subject Index.