NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Newton, Therese L.; Ohrt, Jonathan H. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2018
Approximately 39-49% of college students have experienced grief due to death in the past 24 months. Students' grief is often complicated due to the nature of their developmental characteristics (e.g., searching for autonomy, identity development, career direction, academic pressure, and formation of intimate relationships). Group mindfulness-based…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Grief, College Students, Group Therapy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Steen, Sam; Henfield, Malik S.; Booker, Beverly – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2014
This article presents the Achieving Success Everyday (ASE) group counseling model, which is designed to help school counselors integrate students' academic and personal-social development into their group work. We first describe this group model in detail and then offer one case example of a middle school counselor using the ASE model to conduct a…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, School Counseling, School Counselors, Models
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Borgers, Sherry B. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1980
Examines effects of making contracts in group on discrepancy between real and ideal self-concepts. Group A made contracts; Group B did not. Group A showed significantly greater change toward more congruence in perception of self and ideal self than Group B. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Contracts, Group Experience, Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Wilbur, Michael – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1999
Describes the author's experience of and reflections concerning a group workshop facilitated by Michael Tlanusta Garrett of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Provides information about the Native American teachings and traditions of the four winds, balance, and harmony, and discusses the use of self by group leaders as a powerful therapeutic and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Cherokee (Tribe), Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Snow, Linda J. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1981
Describes a group counseling program with four basic goals: (1) to provide a comfortable atmosphere for college women to discuss sexual issues and concerns; (2) to provide understanding of the physical aspects of female sexual functioning; (3) to confront attitudes and myths; and (4) to encourage a positive self-concept. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Females, Group Counseling, Group Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Emerson, Shirley – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1995
Describes a group for counselors, often reluctant to seek personal counseling, as one format for practicing counselors to enhance their own emotional health. Issues specific to a counselors' group, such as confidentiality, trust and dual relationships, roles, resistance and fears, ethical dilemmas, and some negative events, are examined. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselors, Educational Strategies