Reviews reasons for administrator stress and suggest a remedy: professional support groups. (JM)

Discusses use of alternate sessions, regularly scheduled meetings without the therapist, in analytic group therapy and proposes that opinions should be derived from a theoretical formulation, not in place of one. A decision against the use of alternate sessions is presented by delineating basics of psychoanalytic theory. (Author/BEF)

Describes a cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approach to help teenagers better manage life stressors by using effective and adaptive coping skills, while identifying and addressing specific factors that lead either to smoking or maintaining abstinence from smoking behavior. Discusses specific group exercises that empower teens to take control of…

In treating a substance-abusing adolescent, the family is a key target of intervention. Multifamily therapy groups (MFTGs) have been used to involve families in treatment and have been found to be effective with a variety of populations. This article provides a theoretical overview of a MFTG model and describes the implementation of the model with…

Basic principles of the nature therapy model are described, integrating the author's personal journey and examples from fieldwork and theory. Four aspects are nature as "sacred space"; nature as therapeutic setting; healing potential of nature's physical and aesthetic elements and connections to "universal truths"; and…

Describes group therapy as appropriate and effective vehicle or learning and maintaining prosocial behavior. Notes that outcome measures and studies have indicated that participation in group therapy in prison may result in inmate adaptation to free society. Proposes that structured, intensive group therapy be initiated as the inmate prepares to…

Presents interview with Walter Lifton, an influential figure in group work. Discusses his accomplishments as an Association for Specialists in Group Work leader, an author, and a creator of films and film strips. Reviews his 50-year career in group work, his achievements, views, development, and what he learned from the interview process.…

Presents the Family Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (Family FIRO) Model, an integration of small-group theory and family therapy. The model is offered as a framework for organizing family issues. Discusses three fundamental issues of human relatedness and their applicability to group dynamics. (Author/NB)

Presents account of setting up and running an Action Group with adolescents in outpatient setting. Contrasts ideas and aims underlying Action Groups with those of Social Skills Training. Illustrates how therapeutic philosophy helps to define group's boundaries, procedures, and purpose. Describes typical group session. (Author/NB)

Describes investigation evaluating impact of pretreatment depression severity and functional impairment on response of older depressed adolescents to group cognitive-behavioral treatments. Suggests variables of severity and functional impairment are best conceptualized as measures of single factor. Results were inconclusive. Discusses implications…

Students faced with the challenge of grieving in a college setting bring unique concerns and difficulties to this task. A seven-session bereavement group run under the auspices of a college counseling center are described. Evaluations administered at the end group sessions indicated that the participants found the most valuable aspect of the group…

Describes strategies for dealing effectively with resistance in group therapy. Discusses resistant group members; reasons for resistance; group stages; and strategies for dealing with silence, laughter, excessive talking, monopolizing, and intellectualizing and generalizing. Includes discussion of experimental strategies to overcome group…

Presents a group treatment model using Thought-Feeling-Action (TFA) Systems, an offense- and offender-specific group treatment for abusers. Describes use of TFA Systems in group of court-referred male spouse-abusers. Reviews evolution of TFA Systems, then focuses on TFA Systems treatment of spouse abusers. Notes that system can be adapted to other…

Compares Jungian approach to personal growth groups to Person-centered and Gestalt approaches. Notes similarities, though Jungian approach adds dimension of "cognitive map" not found in other two. Notes that cognitive map uses constructs from Jung's theory of individuation process, hypothesizing that integration of these constructs into…

Reviews the history of consciousness-raising groups and assertiveness training, discusses the strengths and limitations of each, and proposes that the features of these two models of change can be combined in self-esteem enhancement groups. Outlines components and interventions associated with self-esteem groups for counselors who wish to conduct…