Group Counseling, International Edition

1. Techniques and Leadership Skills in Group Counseling.2. Stages, Process, and Therapeutic Forces in Group Counseling.3. The Importance of Purpose in Group Counseling.4. Planning Your Group and Planning Your Session.5. Getting Started: The Beginning Stage and Beginning Phase.6. Basic Techniques in Group Leadership.7. Focusing Your Group.8. Essential Techniques: Cutting Off and Drawing Out.9. The Use of Rounds and Dyads.10. Using Exercises in Group Counseling.11. Introducing, Conducting and Processing Exercises in Group Counseling.12. Leading the Middle Stage of a Group.13. Counseling Theories in Group Counseling.14. Counseling and Therapy in Groups.15. Closing a Session or Group.16. Dealing with Problem Situations.17. Group Counseling and Specific Populations.18. Issues in Group Counseling.Appendix.References.Index.

Harvill, Riley
Riley Harvill is the president of The HarBeck Company, a leadership training and consulting firm located in Dallas, Texas. Over the past several years, his work has focused on individual and team coaching with U.S. and Canadian police and fire departments. Before co-founding The HarBeck Company, Riley was an associate professor at University of North Texas in the Counselor Education Department, where he taught courses in individual and group counseling.Jacobs, Ed
Ed Jacobs is the coordinator of the master's program in the Counseling, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Counseling Department at West Virginia University. He is also the founder and director of Impact Therapy Associates. He teaches courses in techniques, theories, group, and addictions and conducts workshops throughout the United States and Canada on group counseling and Impact Therapy. Ed has written five other counseling books: HOW TO SELECT AND APPLY CHANGE STRATEGIES IN GROUPS, IMPACT THERAPY: THE COURAGE TO COUNSEL, LEADING GROUPS IN CORRECTIONS, IMPACT THERAPY, and CREATIVE COUNSELING TECHNIQUES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. In the past few years, Ed has traveled worldwide, introducing counselors to his group counseling and impact therapy ideas.