101 Interventions in Group TherapyScott Simon Fehr Every clinician looks for the most effective interventions to apply in group therapy. 101 Interventions in Group Therapy gives practitioners exactly what they are looking for--effective interventions in a clear, simple, reader-friendly format. This comprehensive yet concise guide provides 101 short chapters written by 78 leading well-recognized practitioners explaining step-by-step exactly what to do to provide an effective interventions when something arises in group therapy. Each easy-to-learn intervention is profound in nature and has been shown effective in practice for the author of the chapter. Foreword by J. Scott Rutan. |
Contents
About the Editor | xxxiii |
Contributors | xxxv |
Foreword | xlvii |
Preface | xlix |
Chapter 1 Who Owes You an Apology? | 1 |
Chapter 2 The Group Therapist As Storyteller | 5 |
Chapter 3 Using Primary Language to Access Primary Affect | 11 |
Chapter 4 How Can You Not See My Pain? | 15 |
Chapter 51 The Rope Exercise to Experience Process in the Group | 269 |
Chapter 52 Lets Talk | 275 |
Chapter 53 A Transitional Exercise from the Didactic to the Experiential in a Group Therapy Class | 281 |
Chapter 54 What and Who Belong in the Group? Managing Early Crises | 287 |
The Disturber in Group | 293 |
Chapter 56 Family Member Association | 299 |
Chapter 57 Building SelfEsteem Using Assertiveness Training and Props | 303 |
Chapter 58 Horseback Riding Workshop for Increasing SelfAwareness | 307 |
Chapter 5 AnimalAssisted Therapy with a Group of Young Children with Social Problems | 21 |
Chapter 6 Am I My Mothers Daughter? Eliciting SelfAwareness in the Transmission of Gender Roles Through Family Role Models | 27 |
How to Keep the Group Alive When the Members Are Dying | 33 |
Chapter 8 The Gambling Chair | 39 |
Marking a New Place in the Cycle | 45 |
Use of Transitional Objects in Groups | 49 |
Chapter 11 The Vicissitudes of Power and Its Relationship to Money | 53 |
An Intervention in a Psychodynamic Womens Group with Pregnant Women | 59 |
Chapter 13 Using Dreams in Group Therapy | 65 |
Chapter 14 A Ranking Task As an InVivo Experience of Negotiation Awareness in an Interpersonal Skills Training Group | 71 |
Chapter 15 Interventions in Groups with Clients Sharing the Same Critical Fact | 77 |
Chapter 16 Bridging in Group Therapy Using Movement Improvisation | 83 |
Chapter 17 Whats So Funny? The Group Leaders Use of Humor in Adolescent Groups | 87 |
Chapter 18 Using Grammar to Increase Immediacy and Affect | 93 |
A Pathway to Resilience | 99 |
Chapter 20 Group As a Place to Practice New Behaviors | 105 |
Its Manifestation and Impact on Group Intervention and Management | 111 |
Chapter 22 Some Thoughts on Silence in Group Therapy | 117 |
Chapter 23 When Boundaries Breathe | 123 |
Chapter 24 You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks | 127 |
Chapter 25 The Fee Payment As an Aspect of Group Communication | 131 |
Chapter 26 What Do You Mean I Should Tell Her What I Think About Her? Psychoeducation About Interpersonal Process | 137 |
Chapter 27 The Masks We Wear | 141 |
Chapter 28 Using Art Therapy Technique in a PsychodynamicOriented Group | 145 |
Chapter 29 Advice Giving | 151 |
Chapter 30 Bridging As a Tool to Avoid Scapegoating | 155 |
Chapter 31 Installation of Hope in Bereavement Groups for the Elderly | 159 |
Chapter 32 The Is Have It | 165 |
Chapter 33 Therapeutic Play Reading | 171 |
Chapter 34 Womens Empowerment Group Using Art Therapy | 177 |
Chapter 35 Utilizing the Group to Counter Negative Identifications in Patients Finding Their Own Voice | 183 |
Chapter 36 Eliciting SelfAwareness via Existential Fantasy Questions in a HalfHour Group | 189 |
Resistance in the Face of Shame | 195 |
Chapter 38 Degree of Structure in Group Format Toward Facilitation Group Alliances Empathy and Cohesion | 201 |
Chapter 39 Exploring Attachment in a Treatment Group for Men Who Batter | 207 |
Chapter 40 The Use of Group Processes for Alleviating Teachers Stress Within a School Setting | 213 |
Chapter 41 Diminishing Dissociative Experiences for War Veterans in Group Therapy | 217 |
Chapter 42 I Am Part of the Group Matrix | 221 |
Turning Our Mistakes into Useful Interventions | 227 |
Chapter 44 The Ability to Verbalize Ones Needs Clearly in a Geriatric Population | 233 |
Chapter 45 Modeling a Nondefensive and Empathic Acceptance of Group Resistance in a SchoolBased Anger Management Group with Urban Adole... | 237 |
A Termination Ritual | 243 |
Chapter 47 Norm Repair | 249 |
Chapter 48 Using the Group Power for Interpretation | 255 |
Chapter 49 The Values Auction | 259 |
An Intervention | 263 |
Chapter 59 Leaving the Room for the Sake of Connecting | 313 |
Chapter 60 Poetry As a Projective Technique and Springboard for Dialogue in Group Therapy | 317 |
Chapter 61 A Symbolic Meaning of Money in Group Therapy | 323 |
A Social Diagram of the Group | 329 |
Maintaining the Boundaries in a Therapy Group for Older Adults | 335 |
A Kinesthetic Approach to Building Healthy Boundaries | 339 |
An Integrative Approach | 345 |
Chapter 66 Creative Use of the Group Contract in LongTerm Psychotherapy Groups | 353 |
Imagery to Vivify Termination | 359 |
Responding to Aggression | 365 |
Chapter 69 Painting Verbal Images | 371 |
Chapter 70 Awakening Social Consciousness | 375 |
Chapter 71 The Empty Chair As a Tool to Promote SelfAwareness and Interaction in Groups | 381 |
Chapter 72 A Spiritually Informed Approach for the Group Leader | 387 |
Chapter 73 Integrating Cognitive Behavioral with Psychodramatic Theory and Techniques | 395 |
Chapter 74 Preparing Members to Fully Participate in Group Therapy | 403 |
Chapter 75 What to Do When the Group Is Falling Apart | 409 |
Chapter 76 A Difficult Session | 415 |
Chapter 77 The Nine Basic Steps for a Successful Group | 421 |
Chapter 78 An Effective Precipice Toward Recovery | 425 |
Chapter 79 Inoculation Training for Trauma and StressRelated Disorders | 431 |
Chapter 80 Using Metaphors and Stories to Resolve Impasses and Bridge Resistance | 437 |
Chapter 81 Using Humor to Advance Group Work | 443 |
Nonverbal Communication | 449 |
Chapter 83 Remember Be Here Now | 453 |
Expressing Gratitude or Grief in Group | 459 |
Chapter 85 En Mi Viejo San Juan In My Old San Juan | 463 |
Experiential Exercise for Exploration of Interpersonal Boundaries | 467 |
Chapter 87 Surfing an Unexpected Groups Tide | 473 |
Chapter 88 Mindfulness in Group Psychotherapy | 477 |
Chapter 89 Zoom | 483 |
A Technique for Exploring the Mischievous in Us | 487 |
ArtAssisted Affect Expression | 491 |
Chapter 92 Stress Reduction for Students in Elementary and Middle School | 497 |
Chapter 93 A Chair Is Not a Chair Is Not a Chair | 503 |
Chapter 94 Nurturing the Community Development Dimension in Groups As a Preemptive Intervention | 509 |
Chapter 95 Humor As a Defense Mechanism in War Veterans | 515 |
Chapter 96 Trauma Therapy As a Community Enterprise | 519 |
Chapter 97 Trouble to Resource | 527 |
Chapter 98 Dealing with Anger in Two Different Phases of Group Development | 533 |
A Clinical Tool in Group Therapy | 539 |
Therapist As a Historian | 543 |
Chapter 101 Therapist SelfDisclosure As an Intervention Toward Normalizing and Eliciting Hope | 547 |
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