• 1994 164pp paperback ISBN: 9780943158747
A "must read" book if you are a therapist who works with adolescents
and their families. Contains how-to-do-it guidelines for each step
in forming and leading a group including client selection and evaluation,
goal setting, evaluating group process, relationships with a co-therapist,
and more.
Provides specific techniques for use in the beginning, middle,
and end phases of time-limited structured psychotherapy groups. Offers
concrete suggestions for working with "hard to reach" and difficult adolescents,
providing feedback to parents, and dealing with administrative, legal, and
ethical issues. Includes examples of pre/post-evaluation forms, therapy
contracts, evaluation feedback letters, parent response forms, therapist
rating scales, co-therapist rating forms, problem identification forms,
supervision and session records, client and parent handouts, and specific
group exercises.
It is solidly anchored to research on the curative
factors in group therapy and includes empirical data, numerous references,
theoretical formulations, and examples of group sessions.
"This book is a very welcome addition to the mental health field because
it provides a detached, clear model of group therapy written by a mental
health professional with a vast amount of clinical experience leading therapy
groups for diverse adolescent problems. This book is a gem filled with
outstanding practical and creative ways of engaging adolescents in the
therapeutic group process. The author's extensive focus on the therapist's role
as group leader is one of the important features of this book. The
text is comprehensive yet concise in discussing methods of integrating
adolescents with diverse cognitive, affective, and social skills and in
structuring the group process to achieve expected therapeutic goals."
-Cynthia R. Pfeffer, MD,
Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University College and Chief, Child Psychiatry
Inpatient Unit, The New York Hospital - Westchester Division
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Theoretical Approaches to Adolescent Groups
Psychoanalytically Oriented Identity Group Therapy With Adolescents
Social Skills Development and Other Specialized Groups
References
2. Therapists' Roles and Functions in Adolescent Groups
Questions
Choosing and Working With a Co-Therapist in Adolescent Groups
Therapist Rating Scale
Problem Areas and Critical Issues in Groups
Collaborative Session Checklist of Group Process
References
3. Administrative and Legal Issues In Forming Adolescent Groups
The Facility or Inpatient Setting
Group Therapy as a Primary or Adjunct Therapy Process
Supervision
Confidentiality and Recordkeeping
Observers
The Physical Setting
Refreshments
Time for Sessions
Closed Versus Open Groups - Time-Limited Versus Continuing Groups
Legal Issues
Supervision and Session Record
References
4. Member Selection and Goal Setting
Member Selection Issues: Indications and Contraindications for Group Membership
Age Issues
Male and Female Issues
Diagnostic Criteria, General Indications, and Contraindications
The Screening Group
Selection Issues in Relation to Group Goals
5. Pre-Therapy Training, Contracts, and Pre-Therapy Preparation
Techniques for Group Therapy Preparation
Group Participation Guidelines
Group Therapy Contract
Adolescent Group Therapy Contract
References
6. Giving Feedback to Parents and Others
School Liaison and Feedback With Other Agencies
The Evaluation Letter
Parent Response Form
7. Pre- and Post-Testing for Adolescent Groups
Additional Instruments to Measure Social Skills Development
Corder-Whiteside Pre-/Post-(Circle One) Evaluation Adolescent Group
References
8. The Group Process
Beginning Phases of the Group
Middle Phases of the Group
Later Phases of the Group
Responding to Problem Behaviors
9. Structured Role Assignment in Adolescent Groups
Structuring Techniques - Early Group Sessions
Continuing and Middle Phases of Group Process
Group Exercises: Middle to Intermediate Phases
References
10. Examples of Process in Various Phases of a Structured Group
Beginning Phase
Middle Phase
Later Phase
11. Issues for Parents
General Suggestions
12. A Specialized Short-Term Structured Therapy Group for Sexually
Abused Young Adolescent Girls
Structured Techniques and Materials Used in the Groups
Some Additional Ideas
Graduation and Follow-Up
Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
Billie Farmer Corder, EdD, is a licensed psychologist and a
Fellow of the American College of forensic psychology. She is
Co-Director of Psychological Services at the Child Psychiatry Training
Program of Dorothea Dix Hospital, and Clinical Assistant Professor at
the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. During 30 years of
research and applied work with children and families, she has published
more than 100 articles in professional journals and books. Her program
for social skills development for adolescents was nominated in 1981 for
the American Psychiatric Association's Gold Medal Award. She served as
Managing Editor of the North Carolina Journal of Mental Health
for over 18 years. Dr. Corder developed a series of therapeutic
materials for intervention with children in natural disasters which are
utilized nationally by the American Red Cross. This work was recognized
recently when she was nominated for North Carolina's Eugene Hargrove
Research Award and was elected to the Wake Academy of Women.
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