Describes interpersonal encounter-group class for North American students studying abroad developed to improve interpersonal functioning, develop community, and counter negative effects of group living. Evaluates effectiveness of encounter-group class intervention utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods. Discusses possible barriers to…

Reviews the literature on group interventions with both disabled older adults and their caregivers. Data suggest number of potential advantages of group interventions, which are summarized along with implications for structuring effective group experiences. Concludes with suggestions for further research to enhance group counselor's repertoire of…

Notes that community mental health programs are an expanding force in the promotion of mental health and that this has implications for the roles of counselors who are becoming more involved in consultation, training and education of volunteers, and program planning and evaluation. Describes community group counseling health promotion program for…

Conducted study to investigate whether group cofacilitated by male and female counselor could provide therapeutic benefit to women survivors of childhood sexual victimization. Findings seem to provide preliminary evidence contradicting assumption that male counselors should not be involved in counseling female adult survivors of sexual…

Outlines method of fostering self-exploration and group interaction among counselors-in-training. Describes lifeline process as having students draw horizontal line with dot at each end representing their birth and death, drawing dot to represent where they presently are on lifeline, and recording positive and negative experiences chronologically…

Reviews literature on group leadership from various theoretical orientations and maintains that variable group leadership functions are necessary to address needs of different client populations and to adapt to different clinical settings. Describes four leadership functions found to be related to outcome in research by Lieberman, Yalom, and Miles…

Tested efficacy of attribution retraining as structured group counseling intervention with undergraduates (n=44) who were divided into adaptive, nonadaptive, and treatment groups. Results indicated subjects in treatment group made relatively more adaptive attributions for experimentally induced failure and reported lower levels of depressive mood…

Conducted national survey of counseling programs to identify various models and safeguards currently employed by counselor educators in preparing group counselors and to evaluate how consistent they are with professional associations' ethical standards. Findings from 272 academic units revealed that counselor educators were using experiential…

Describes the use of poetry, music, and creative writing with forensic patients at a state mental health institute. Demonstrates that expressive interventions were helpful in group treatment by promoting verbalization, decision making, and the recognition of personal responsibility for incarceration. (SR)

Describes format and process of six-session grief group for high school students who have had a parent die. Shares, anecdotally, what these adolescents have taught about their grieving process, what helps them, and what does not help. Discusses group formation and explains each of the six sessions. (NB)

Discusses applications of group career-counseling techniques to Asian cultures. Identifies how group-oriented cultures differ from individually oriented cultures and reasons that group career counseling is especially appropriate for group-oriented cultures. Discusses relevant issues in group career counseling with Asian populations. (Author/MKA)

Describes group intervention based on the story of The Wizard of Oz, in response to tornado in a small rural community. Approximately 30 people participated in the psychoeducational group led by faculty from a nearby college. The therapeutic metaphor served three functions: to remember, to teach, and to motivate. This allowed survivors to see…

Presents six-step model for moving from a general statement of purpose to a psychoeducational group design that includes didactic content, experiential activities, and processing. By following this model the group facilitator will be able to develop a psychoeducational group that provides a logical sequence of learning activities fostering…

Presents results of study exploring use of psychoeducational group sessions on topics such as parenting skills, personal well-being, relationships, managing finances, and legal issues, specifically developed for custodial grandparents. Grandparents consistently met objectives of the content areas, with increased mastery as sessions progressed.…

Study surveys the selection practices of group leaders. Explores methods of selection, variables used to make selection decisions, and the types of selection errors that leaders have experienced. Results suggest that group leaders use clinical judgment to make selection decisions and endorse using some specific variables in selection. (Contains 22…