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Learn to blend theory with practice in group work with Marianne, Gerald, and Cindy Corey's GROUPS: PROCESS AND PRACTICE. Focusing on the "what is" and the "how to" of group counseling, the authors use up-to-date examples, guidelines, insights, and an enhanced diversity perspective to show you how group leaders can apply the key concepts of the group process to a variety of groups. You'll receive practical guidance on working with groups of children, adolescents, and adults in both school settings and community settings. Many new activities encourage active learning, enabling you to see clinical applications come to life in the content that is covered. Also available: the MindTap® online learning experience, which includes videos of group counseling sessions that further help to prepare you for professional practice.

1. Introduction to Group Work.
2. The Group Counselor.
3. Ethical and Legal Issues in Group Counseling.
4. Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling.
5. Forming a Group.
6. Initial Stage of a Group.
7. Transition Stage of a Group.
8. Working Stage of a Group.
9. Final Stage of a Group.
10. Groups in School Settings.
11. Groups in Community Settings.

Please note that the digital access code that comes with the print book is valid for use in a specific Asia territory only. CB VitalSource eBook – The ultimate eBook experience has arrived! Easily access our eBooks with features that will improve your reading experience, and tools to help you take notes and organize your studies. Learn to blend theory with practice in group work with Marianne, Gerald, and Cindy Corey's GROUPS: PROCESS AND PRACTICE. Focusing on the "what is" and the "how to" of group counseling, the authors use up-to-date examples, guidelines, insights, and an enhanced diversity perspective to show you how group leaders can apply the key concepts of the group process to a variety of groups. You'll receive practical guidance on working with groups of children, adolescents, and adults in both school settings and community settings. Many new activities encourage active learning, enabling you to see clinical applications come to life in the content that is covered. Also available: the MindTap® online learning experience, which includes videos of group counseling sessions that further help to prepare you for professional practice. A Critical Incident activity in select chapters provides a clinical context for the material covered in the chapter, and stimulates in-class discussion on how to critically analyze the incident. Each activity describes a situation associated with a stage in the group, raises questions, offers clinical reflections, and provides possible interventions to address the incident. Topics include "Overcorrecting for Fear of Over-identifying" (Ch. 7) and "An Uneventful Termination Session" (Ch. 9). Learning in Action activities can be completed with the entire class, in small groups, and at home. These activities can be done in academic settings, and many are also appropriate to use in clinical settings with group members. Topics include self-assessment of group leadership skills, identifying and exploring common fears among group members, and Googling a classmate (to spark discussion of how a counselor's behavior in the private arena can affect how he or she is perceived professionally). Journal Prompts further the professional and personal development of readers, and may also be used with group members in a clinical setting throughout various stages of a group. Take Time to Reflect sections are designed to encourage students to think about various parts of the content in more depth. They can serve as thought questions for students as they read and as discussion questions for exploration in class or small groups. They are also intended to help students think about the clinical applications of the concepts being discussed. Updated throughout to reflect current research, thinking, and practice, this edition is aligned with the CACREP 2016 Standards for Group Counseling and Group Work. All chapters address specific standards. The authors have also added learning objectives in every chapter, with specific attention given to the standards. The MindTap® online program has been updated with revised self-assessments and activities and new, original videos demonstrating group skills from the book. GROUPS: PROCESS AND PRACTICE covers the group process from the initial to ending stages and includes practice information with specific groups. The text portrays the group counselor as both a person and a professional, addresses skills of group leadership (including the co-leadership model), and discusses the training of group counselors. Cindy Corey's expertise in multicultural counseling lends additional emphasis to this important perspective on the practice of group work. Case examples and dialogues throughout illustrate the group process, interventions, and other important concepts.