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Counselling and therapy in small groups is manageable, effective,efficient, and an increasingly important part of the repertoire ofthe busy practitioner. This book is an up-to-date and accessibleguide to the principles and practice of working with small groups,using a cognitive-behavioural perspective. The context is work withgroups of 5 8 clients in programmes of brief therapy consisting of10 group sessions supplemented, where necessary, by individualcounselling sessions. Therapists and counsellors will welcome thisbook for its
* Focus on group treatment combined with individual clientassessment
* Treatment of four common emotional problems Generalized Anxiety,Panic with Agoraphobia, PTSD, and Depression.
* Detailed examples of programmes in these areas, together withfollow-up sessions
* Guidance on the concepts and techniques of cognitive-behaviouralcounselling, as well as the issues which arise in practice.
* Realistic techniques for auditing the effectiveness of brieftherapy and counselling programmes
"This important book opens up new opportunities to apply provencognitive-behavioural methods in small group settings. The methodsdescribed are eminently practical and the authors have taken painsto prepare the individual counsellor for the challenges of groupwork. It is strongly recommended for counsellors, social workersand clinical psychologists seeking to treat anxiety and depressionin a more cost-effective way". Professor Chris Brewin, RoyalHolloway University of London This book appears in the Wiley Seriesin Brief Therapy and Counselling Series Editor: Windy DrydenGoldsmiths College, University of London, UK

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• About the Authors(p. vii)
• Series Preface(p. viii)
• Preface(p. ix)
• Introduction: An Overview of Cognitive-Behavioural Counselling(p. 1)
• Conveying the Cognitive-Behavioural Framework to Clients via a Vignette(p. 2)
• The Limitations of a Group Approach(p. 7)
• The Specifics of Cognitive-Behavioural Counselling(p. 8)
• 1 Beyond Individual Counselling(p. 15)
• 2 Formulating a Model of the Client's Difficulties(p. 21)
• 3 Combining Individual and Group Sessions(p. 29)
• Initial Assessment(p. 29)
• Marketing Group Interventions(p. 32)
• Educational and Experiential Bases for Groups(p. 34)
• Group-leader Qualities(p. 36)
• Sequencing Individual and Group Sessions(p. 38)
• 4 Anxiety Disorders 1: Generalized Anxiety Disorder(p. 41)
• Initial Assessment(p. 41)
• Auditing the GAD Group Programme(p. 41)
• Conveying the Metaphor(p. 43)
• Targets(p. 46)
• Setting for the Group Programme(p. 46)
• Format of Ten Session Group Programme for GAD with Follow-up(p. 47)
• 5 Anxiety Disorders 2. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia(p. 69)
• Initial Assessment(p. 69)
• Auditing the PD Group Programme(p. 71)
• Conveying the Metaphor(p. 72)
• Targets(p. 73)
• Setting for the Group Programme(p. 74)
• Format of Ten Session Group Programme for PD with Follow-up(p. 75)
• 6 Anxiety Disorders 3. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(p. 101)
• Initial Assessment(p. 105)
• Auditing the PTSD Group Programme(p. 107)
• Conveying the Metaphor(p. 107)
• Targets(p. 112)
• Format of Ten Session Group and Individual Programme for PTSD(p. 112)
• 7 Depression(p. 139)
• Initial Assessment and Audit(p. 141)
• Conveying the Metaphor(p. 142)
• Special Considerations for Dealing with Depressed Clients with Personality Disorders(p. 142)
• Complementing the Group Programme with Individual Sessions(p. 144)
• Format of Ten Session Group Programme for Depression(p. 153)
• 8 Group Therapy, Therapists and Further Applications(p. 179)
• Appendix A DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression(p. 183)
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder(p. 183)
• Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia(p. 184)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(p. 186)
• Depression(p. 188)
• Appendix B DSM IV Summary Descriptions of the Personality Disorders and Examples of Cognitive Content(p. 191)
• Cluster A 'Odd'(p. 191)
• Cluster B 'Dramatic'(p. 192)
• Cluster C 'Anxious'(p. 193)
• References(p. 195)
• Index(p. 201)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Michael J. Scott and Stephen G. Stradling are the authors of Brief Group Counselling: Integrating Individual and Group Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches, published by Wiley.