This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) presents an overview of the role and efficacy of group therapy in substance abuse treatment. TIPs are best-practice guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders that make the latest research in substance abuse treatment available to counselors and educators. The content was generated by a panel…

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of a behavioral program and a therapist manual that have been developed from a series of research projects conducted at the University of Utah Counseling Services over the last three years. (Author)

Helping latency-age children make the transition from play orientation to a sense of industry presents a challenge to the therapist. This paper describes a successful effort based on an activity program. (Author)

An experimental program combining pregnant adolescents and nonpregnant girls in group therapy indicated advantages in this approach over group therapy involving only pregnant girls. (Author)

Describes a center which has a program of group therapy for parents in families where patterns of child abuse were developing and also offers full daytime care for their children. (NH)

This basic model of group therapy highlights marked differences from individual therapy and illustrates the complexity of treatment planning. An attempt at enriching and integrating group methods gives rise to Theme-Centered Interactional Therapy, the advantages of which are discussed. Comment by Milton Schwebel follows. (Author)

This case study presents an example of how one school psychologist helped a child and an entire class solve a problem. Although the techniques used are not unique to school psychological practice, the problems presented by their use are. The procedure consisted of a desensitization process lasting ten weeks. (Author)

It is asserted that societal crises demand that counselors and psychologists move from a personal counselor" role model to a community counselor" role model. Presented at theAmerican Personnel and Guidance Association, Las Vegas, April 1969. (Author)

Interaction of offender type by treatment program was examined for 100 adult offenders with alcohol and drug problems assigned to a group therapy program and 50 to routine care. Offenders who were classified high in self-image showed greater improvement in the group therapy program. (Author/HLM)

Reviewed studies of the group curative process that have employed Yalom's description of group curative factors. The studies reviewed demonstrated consistency regarding the highly ranked curative factors, and raised issues regarding interrelatedness and valuing of the factors across varying groups. (JAC)

Three approaches to the problems of troubled and disturbed youths are described: therapeutic discussion groups with mental health professionals; a resource room model based on W. Glasser's reality therapy in which students earn points for responsible behavior and task completion; and an integrated approach to drug and alcohol abuse. (CL)