Presents a five-year follow-up investigation of former marital therapy clients. Conjoint and non-conjoint forms of marital therapy are compared to divorce rates and outcome. Findings indicate conjoint forms of marital therapy are superior to non-conjoint forms. (Author)

School Family groups at Westmont High School, Westmont, Illinois, provide counselor-student relationships, teach life-related skills, and create closer student relationships. (Author/JM)

Described a nonsexist group-counseling intervention program of structured small-group sessions using experiential and didactic activities. Evaluation was conducted with eighth-grade girls. A modified version of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory measured their movement toward androgyny. This format seemed appropriate for middle-school age sex-role…

Concerns the scarcity of literature on training practices for group leadership and the lack of training research. Group leadership training is a relatively new field. Clarification of group counseling functions and more research in group counseling will bring the development of more sophisticated approaches to leadership training. (NRB)

Describes a feeling-oriented, unstructured group approach promoting social learning among prisoner-participants. Groups evolve through a series of developmental stages during which members assume more responsibility for themselves and others in working through problems of living. Group facilitators need to recognize stages and allow for…

Relatively little specific information is available about basic administrative concerns in organizing a group counseling program. This article presents basic methodological issues and provides step-by-step guidelines for initiating a group counseling program, including rationale, pregroup activities, and selection and orientation of group members.…

Describes attachment theory, explores its application to group counseling, and elaborates points of interest to group workers. Focuses on attachment styles, attachment and caregiving, the group leader's goals, the group as an attachment experience, interventions based on attachment theory, its use in psychoeducational groups, and complexities in…

D. A. Kolb's (1984) 4 processes of experiential education are presented as guidelines for humanistically based training in group counseling. Specific training activities are described, and recommendations for improving training methods are outlined. The authors present qualitative data obtained from graduate counseling students who participated in…

Group counseling has been used to assist individuals to overcome difficulties associated with problem gambling behavior; however, there are few reports of this application in the clinical and research literature. This paper provides a brief review of group counseling, and describes the application of group counseling to assist individuals with…

Scapegoating in group counseling may be understood from the perspective of three levels of group functioning: intrapsychic, interpersonal, and the group as an entity. This article reviews a progressive three-stage conceptualization of group development that contributes to a more complete understanding of the means to initiate therapeutic change in…

Parental divorce is the issue of most concern for elementary school children. This article describes interventions for children-of-divorce groups for elementary school children. Suggests guidelines related to goal setting; securing agency and parental consent; leadership planning; recruitment, screening, and selection of members; group member…

Multiple Family Group Therapy has been identified as a viable treatment model for a variety of client populations. A combination of family systems theories and therapeutic group factors provide the opportunity to explore multiple levels of intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships between families. This article depicts a Multiple Family Group…

Discusses the use of exercises in groups with an emphasis on selection and effective processing. Processing skills are described and practical examples of questioning skills are given. (Author/TE)

Reviews these issues surrounding group therapy with sex offenders: therapist qualifications, therapist responses to offenders, selecting and treating offenders, offenders referred pretrial, offenders referred posttrial, and self-referred offenders. Concludes therapists require special training and should seek frequent supervision or consultation.…

Categorized types of consequences associated with corrective behavioral feedback messages anticipated by group members during first meeting of counseling group. Group members (N=286) wrote corrective feedback messages they would be unwilling to communicate in groups and completed form describing potential consequences of communicating corrective…