Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy: An Integrated Theory, Research, and Practice Training Manual (AGPA Group Therapy Training and Practice Series)

__Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy__ is designed as the primary curriculum for the Principles of Group Psychotherapy course in partial fulfilment of the Certified Group Psychotherapist credential awarded by the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists. The text is divided into five modules: foundations, structure and dynamics, formation and development, leadership tasks and skills, and ethics, neuroscience, and personal style. The book is part of the AGPA Group Therapy Training and Practice series. This series aims to produce the highest quality publications to aid the practitioner and student in updating and improving their knowledge, professional competence, and skills with current and new developments in methods, practice, theory, and research, in the group psychotherapy field. In addition to helping group psychotherapists bolster their skills so as to ensure the availability of quality mental health services, this guide is an essential resource for students and clinicians interested in learning more about group psychotherapy, as a text in academic courses, or as part of a practicum or internship training curriculum. Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy is designed as the primary curriculum for the Principles of Group Psychotherapy course in partial fulfilment of the Certified Group Psychotherapist credential awarded by the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists. The text is divided into five modules: foundations, structure and dynamics, formation and development, leadership tasks and skills, ethics, neuroscience, and personal style. Cover 1 Half Title 4 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Dedication 8 Table of Contents 10 Guidelines for Students 12 Guidelines for Instructors 13 Acknowledgments 14 Contributors 15 Course Objectives 17 Preface: The Joys and Challenges of Group Leadership 18 MODULE 1: Group Psychotherapy Foundations: Historic, Contemporary, and Cultural Perspectives 20 1. History and Contemporary Developments 22 Pre-Therapy Group Influences 22 Joseph Pratt 22 Jacob Moreno 23 Other Early 20th Century Developments 24 Samuel Slavson 24 Mid Century Developments 24 Cognitive Behavioral Group Psychotherapy Today 28 Contemporary Psychodynamic Approaches 29 Humanistic/Existential/Transpersonal Group Psychotherapy 33 Psychoeducational Groups 34 Systems-Centered Groups 35 Recent Developments in Contemporary Groups 36 Concluding Thoughts 41 2. Towards Multicultural and Diversity Proficiency as a Group Psychotherapist 44 Historical Bias and Concerns 44 Defining Culture and Multiculturalism 45 Stereotypes 47 Tripartite Multicultural Model 50 Knowledge about Specific Cultures 50 Understanding and Appreciating Differences 51 Bias 52 Increasing Sensitivity 58 Multicultural Information in the Pre-Group Meeting 60 Empirical Support for Multicultural Competence in Counseling 61 Training Issues 62 Concluding Thoughts 63 MODULE 2: Group Structure and Group Dynamics 66 3. Group Structure and Levels of Analysis 68 Introduction 68 The Structural Perspective 68 Levels of Analysis 70 Systems View of Groups 71 Concluding Thoughts 73 4. Therapeutic Factors 75 Introduction 75 Yalom and Leszcz’ (2005) Therapeutic Factors 75 The Role of Cohesion 80 Other Concepts of Therapeutic Factors in Group Psychotherapy 84 Concluding Thoughts 88 5. Anti-Therapeutic, Defensive, Regressive, and Challenging Group Processes and Dynamics 90 Introduction 90 Bion’s Basic Assumptions: Fight-Flight; Dependency; Pairing 91 Loss of Self as an Autonomous and Interdependent Individual Group Member 93 Anti-Group 94 Violations of the Therapeutic Frame 96 Splitting and Dysfunctional Subgrouping 97 Deviant Roles, Scapegoating, Countertransference Enactments, and the Process of Projective Identification 97 Expanding Our Horizons: Social Psychology, Anthropology, Multicultural Perspectives, and the Cross Fertilization of Ideas 102 Concluding Thoughts 103 MODULE 3: Group Formation and Group Development 106 6. Preparing to Begin a New Group 108 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions 108 Assessing the Feasibility of Establishing a New Group 108 Designing the Group Structure 110 Selection and Composition 113 Pre-Group Preparation and Orientation 115 Initial Group Agreements 117 Concluding Thoughts 119 7. Group Development 120 Introduction 120 Stages of Group Development 120 Concluding Thoughts 126 MODULE 4: Group Leadership: Tasks and Skills 128 8. Basic Leadership Tasks 130 Introduction 130 Keeping the Group on Track and Task 131 Concluding Thoughts 140 9. Advanced Skills 141 Introduction 141 Looking behind the Curtain 143 Working with Transference 144 Group-as-a-Whole and Subgroup Interventions 148 Utilizing Countertransference 150 Co-Leadership 152 Tracking Progress and Process 154 Concluding Thoughts 158 MODULE 5: Group Psychotherapy in Action: Ethics, Neuroscience and Personal Style 160 10. The Ethical Group Psychotherapist 162 Introduction 162 Principle-Based and Virtue Ethics 163 Ethical Decision Making Models 165 General Practice Principles 167 Concluding Thoughts 173 11. Implications of Neuroscience for Group Psychotherapy 175 Introduction 175 Brain Models 178 Polyvagal Theory 181 Resonance Circuitry, Mirror Neurons and Brain Coupling 182 Instinctive Emotional Patterns 183 Implicit Memory and Implicit and Top-Down Emotional Regulation 184 Memory Reconsolidation 186 Developing Mindfulness and the Group Mind 187 Concluding Thoughts 188 12. Finding the Leader in You 190 Training Recommendations 190 Self-Care 194 Boundaries 196 Supervision 196 Your Journey 197 Concluding Thoughts 200 References 201 Index 220 "Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy is designed as the primary curriculum for the Principles of Group Psychotherapy course in partial fulfillment of the Certified Group Psychotherapist credential awarded by the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists. The text is divided into five modules: foundations, structure and dynamics, formation and development, leadership tasks and skills, and ethics, neuroscience, and personal style. The book is part of the AGPA Group Therapy Training and Practice series. This series aims to produce the highest quality publications to aid the practitioner and student in updating and improving their knowledge, professional competence, and skills with current and new developments in methods, practice, theory, and research, in the group psychotherapy field. In addition to helping group psychotherapists bolster their skills so as to ensure the availability of quality mental health services, this guide is an essential resource for students and clinicians interested in learning more about group psychotherapy, as a text in academic courses, or as part of a practicum or internship training curriculum"-- Provided by publisher