
Group Psychotherapy Assessment and Practice
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Geared to group psychotherapists as well as academics, this state-of-the-art text provides the reader with a framework to support and augment clinical judgment as part of routine clinical practice. It demonstrates how utilizing measurement-based care collaboratively with clients can help maximize therapeutic processes and mechanisms of change. This book shows how measures can improve the detection of client worsening and prevent premature dropout - two factors that contribute greatly to our duty to client care. Leading experts in the field provide examples of new measures that can enhance multicultural training and group leader cultural sensitivity, illustrating how awareness of diversity can enhance clinical practice and provide more contextually responsive treatment. Examples of cross-cultural adaptations of measurement are also included that place group therapy assessment within an international framework.
This modern guide provides practical tools such as handouts, measures to aid in member selection, and methods of tracking progress and outcome to strengthen the group leader's effectiveness.
Reviews / Votes
"This remarkable resource - an American Group Psychotherapy Association publication - is an outstanding blend of accrued clinical wisdom and state of the art science. Written by an international cadre of leading clinician-scientist group therapists, this text illuminates how structured client assessment and preparation, combined with ongoing measurement of group process and client progress improves client access to high quality, effective and inclusive group therapy. All contemporary group psychotherapists will find great value in this excellent text."Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, CGP AFPA-DF, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Past President, AGPA
"This outstanding resource will change the way group practitioners approach their group work. By applying advancements in measurement-based care to group practice, the authors have laid an important foundation for improving group work through consistent client feedback. Well-written, comprehensive, and accessible: this will be the go-to book for guidance on tracking processes and outcomes in group therapy."
Nathaniel Wade, Ph.D., CGP, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
"This volume, like its predecessor, constitutes another crucial step towards advancing measurement-informed care that is evidence-based and culturally responsive. These chapters together offer a coherent and systematic approach that transcends international and cultural boundaries to the unfolding process within the therapy group. I am confident this book will set the stage for an intriguing dialogue among group psychotherapy educators and practitioners, and for an exciting pipeline of research studies in the decade to come."
Eric Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling Psychology, Fordham University
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Martyn Whittingham, Ph.D., AGPA-F is a licensed psychologist at Whittingham Psychological Services, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He is the founder of Focused Brief Group Therapy (FBGT).
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