Group Development in Practice

Virginia Brabender, PhD, ABPP (C ), is the associate dean and director of the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology of Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, where she also directs a concentration on group psychotherapy in the doctoral psychology program. She has run outpatient and inpatient groups, the latter at Friends Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she conducted research on time-limited groups. Dr. Brabender has authored or coauthored three prior books on group psychotherapy including Models of Inpatient Group Psychotherapy with April Fallon, and she is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, for which she serves as editor of the video review section. Dr. Brabender is a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Division 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy).

April Fallon, PhD, is a member of the psychology faculty at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fallon received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 98 . She has collaborated with Virginia Brabender on several other books, including Models of Inpatient Group Psychotherapy and Awaiting the Therapist's Baby: A Guide for Expectant Parents and Essentials in Group Psychotherapy. She has also taught and written on topics such as psychological assessment, women's issues, body image, and aggression.