Describes a six-session structured group for women focusing on self-esteem and relationships. Offers ideas using feminist theory and focuses on group membership, group goals, group leadership, special issues, and format. Provides session-by-session examples and offers evaluations of previous groups. Discusses implications of this approach. (RJM)

Describes the Systems Marriage Enrichment Program which was developed from the systems concepts of circular causality, the identification of predictable interaction patterns, and the adaptive and homeostatic mechanisms. Presents a protocol process consisting of five phases with goals and techniques. (Author)

Describes procedures to structure a personal growth group based on the dynamics of Movement Exploration. A synthesis of client-centered and Gestalt approaches provides a theoretical framework for this methodology. Outlines procedures for group leaders working in this developmentally oriented area of group counseling. (Author/JAC)

Discusses combining a theoretical teaching approach about group counseling with the experiential dimension of the students' actual experience in a group where theoretical learning takes place. Suggests that through this method the student not only learns about groups, but can actually live through the group process. (Author/JAC)