Advanced Group Leadership

By Jeffrey A. Kottler

A core text for second course in group therapy/counseling emphasizing advanced skills for those already familiar with the theory. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 053421150X
• ISBN13: 9780534211509
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"

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Best book on the market for group leaders.

Addressing therapeutic functions like empathy, containment, and countertransference, and following a group's evolution from a state of fusion to emerging separateness, dependent and interdependent, Dr. Kottler applies his psychodynamic approach to group treatment, informed by object relations and self-psychology, and complete with guidelines for technique and practical suggestions for group leaders.