The author examines patterns of how students get involved in group counseling programs (either self-referred or teacher-referred) and discusses implications for the future. (HMV)

Family network intervention is a therapeutic approach aiming to mobilize family and friendship support systems in a collaborative effort to solve a crisis. A team of therapists helps the family and its extended social system become involved in a networking process consisting of six distinct phases. (Author)

Describes counseling with military personnel who have battered their wives and includes referral procedures, assessment, and a group intervention. Associates group participation with increases in relationship skills and curtailed battering. (Author)

Evaluated a brief, collaborative-structured approach to group counseling which specifically differs from traditional development groups in that the content was chosen and the group norms established in the context of a structured and limited framework. Indicated that this approach may be a viable alternative for understaffed counseling centers.…

Presents a model of how clients are helped in group counseling. Integrates the concepts of group therapeutic components and group developmental stages. Discusses leader behaviors that promote the action of the therapeutic components. Describes group interaction and leader behavior at each of five group stages and at termination. (Author/ABB)

Describes Comunidades Eclesial de Base (CEBs) or base communities which are self-help and mutual aid groups that assist in alleviating the effects of poverty and powerlessness in Latin America. Discusses two potential problems of CEBs - that they may encourage either passivity or increased violence. (Author/NB)

Describes group counseling program for teenage fathers designed to help participants understand their emotional and legal rights and responsibilities and learn about available resources. Describes the nine counseling sessions and discusses program evaluation and follow-up. Emphasizes need for school counselors to respond to needs of adolescent…

An activity was developed to help mainstreamed, hearing-impaired adolescents discuss their feelings and concerns with each other during scheduled, small-group counseling sessions in school. The question-and-answer activity uses a game format to encourage students to open up about their problems and fears and give each other support and advice. (VW)

Investigated which skills are valued by parents who are enrolled in either a positively oriented behavioral parenting group or a consensus parenting group that emphasized communication and negotiation skills. Results indicated positive reinforcement was the most valued technique for the behaviorally oriented parenting group. For the consensus…

Describes a guidance co-op program which uses group counseling and team teaching methods. Describes the benefits of this approach and of the contact with employers. Notes the draw back of time taken away from other counseling duties. (ABB)

Cohesive talk was observed over time and across psychotherapy groups led by self-disclosing or nondisclosing therapists. Despite individual therapist differences, the nondisclosing groups showed more cohesive interactions throughout therapy. No differences were observed in clients' perceptions of therapists or their attraction to the group.…

To determine whether classroom meetings, as a form of group counseling, could be used to improve the behaviors and self-concepts of fourth-grade students, 45 experimental group students and 45 control group students participated in 20 weeks of meetings. Results indicated improvements in behavior but not in self-concept. (BL)

Four phenomenologically based groups were conducted with 30 mildly retarded adults. Procedural considerations and thematic issues relevant to counseling this underserved population are discussed. (Author)

Describes a method for training group leaders in ethical decision making using the Association for Specialists in Group Work's ethical guidelines, case vignettes, and Carkhuff's three goals of helping. (Author/BL)

An overview is provided of the ways in which psychosocial group work is being used in health care settings as an adjunct to medical treatment. (Author)