Foundations of Group Counseling

Give prospective counselors a solid foundation for group counseling with a practical, application-based approach
Foundations of Group Counseling offers a broad perspective on group work and balances major issues and essential knowledge with practical guidelines and how-to strategies. Chapters written by expert scholars cover many topics in-depth that are often ignored by comparable books. Separate chapters provide thorough coverage of group work and addictions, group work with children, groups for adolescents, groups with older adults, and facilitating groups with challenging member behaviors. Combining practice, research, and theory, this unique text offers students the tools and strategies they need for successful group work practice.

Brief Contents

Part I: Foundations for Group Work

1. An Overview of Group Work
   David Capuzzi and Mark D. Staufferd
2. Group Work: Stages and Issues
   Mark D. Stauffer and David Capuzzi
3. Group Counseling: Elements of Effective Leadership
   David Capuzzi and Mark D. Stauffer
4. Group Work: Theories and Applications
   Jeannie Falkner, David Capuzzi, and Mark D. Stauffer
5. Group Work: Ethical/Legal Considerations
   Delini M. Fernando and Barbara J. Herlihy
6. Diversity and Multicultural Group Counseling
   Deborah J. Rubel and Jane E. Atieno Okech
7. Efficacy and Evaluation of Group Work
   Cass Dykeman
8. The Four Types of Groups: Work/Task, Psychoeducational, Counseling, and Psychotherapy Groups
   Melinda Haley and Jonathan W. Carrier

Part II: Useful Approaches and Best Practices

1. Creative Approaches to Group Work
   Thelma Duffey and Shane Haberstroh
2. Facilitating Groups with Challenging Member Behaviors
   Jonathan J. Orr
3. Group Work with Children: Applications for School and Other Settings
   Tamara E. Davis
4. Groups for Adolescents
   Janice DeLucia
5. Groups with Individuals, Couples, and Families in Mental Health Settings
   Cynthia A. Briggs, Linda H. Foster, and Martina Moore
6. Groups in Rehabilitation Settings
   Debra A. Harley and Byung Jin Kim
7. Groups with Older Adults: Loss, Transitions, and End-of-Life Issues
   Ann Vernon
8. Support Along the Journey: Groups Focused on Addiction and Recovery
   Mita M. Johnson
9. Group Work: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients
   Stephanie F. Hall, Jessica R. Burkholder, and David U. Burkholder

About our Authors

Editor David Capuzzi, PhD, NCC, LPC is a counselor educator and member of the core faculty in mental health counseling at Walden University and professor emeritus at Portland State University. Previously, he served as an affiliate professor in the Department of Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services at Pennsylvania State University and scholar in residence in counselor education at Johns Hopkins University. He is past president of the American Counseling Association (ACA), formerly the American Association for Counseling and Development and past chair of both the ACA Foundation and the ACA Insurance Trust.

From 1980 to 1984, Dr. Capuzzi was editor of The School Counselor. He has authored several textbook chapters and monographs on the topic of preventing adolescent suicide and is coeditor and author with Dr. Larry Golden of Helping Families Help Children: Family Interventions with School Related Problems (1986) and Preventing Adolescent Suicide (1988). He coauthored and edited with Douglas R. Gross Youth at Risk: A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents (1989, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2014); Introduction to the Counseling Profession (1991, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013); Introduction to Group Work (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010); and Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011). His other texts are Approaches to Group Work: A Handbook for Practitioners (2003), Suicide Across the Life Span (2006), and Sexuality Issues in Counseling, the last coauthored and edited with Larry Burlew. He has authored or coauthored articles in several ACA-related journals.

A frequent speaker and keynoter at professional conferences and institutes, Dr. Capuzzi has also consulted with a variety of school districts and community agencies interested in initiating prevention and intervention strategies for adolescents at risk fo