Research Catalog

Title

Structured adolescent psychotherapy groups / Billie Farmer Corder.

Author

Corder, Billie Farmer, 1934-

Publication

Sarasota, FL : Professional Resource Press, c1994.

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Details

Description

ix, 150 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Group psychotherapy for teenagers > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Psychotherapy, Group
• Adolescent
• Group Processes
• Psychotherapy, Group > methods

Genre/Form

• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. Theoretical approaches to adolescent groups -- Psychoanalytically oriented identity group therapy with adolescents -- Social skills development and other specialized groups -- 2. Therapists' roles and functions in adolescent groups -- Questions -- Choosing and working with a co-therapist in adolescent groups -- Therapist rating scale -- Problem areas and critical issues in groups -- Collaborative session checklist of group process -- 3. Administrative and legal issues in forming adolescent groups -- The facility or inpatient setting -- Group therapy as a primary or adjunct therapy process -- Supervision -- Confidentiality and recordkeeping -- Observers -- The physical setting -- Refreshments -- Time for sessions -- Closed versus open groups -- time-limited versus continuing groups -- Legal issues -- Supervision and session record -- 4. Member selection and goal setting -- Member selection issues: Indications and contraindications for group membership -- Age issues --^
• Male and female issues -- Diagnostic criteria, general indications, and contraindications -- The screening group -- Selected issues in relation to group goals -- 5. Pre-therapy training, contracts, and pre-therapy preparation -- Techniques for group therapy preparation -- Group participation guidelines -- Group therapy contract -- Adolescent group therapy contract -- 6. Giving feedback to parents and others -- School liaison and feedback with other agencies -- The evaluation letter -- Parent response form -- 7. Pre- and Post-testing for adolescent groups -- Additional instruments to measure social skills development -- Corder-Whiteside Pre/Post-(circle one) evaluation adolescent group -- 8. The group process -- Beginning phases of the group -- Middle phases of the group -- Later phases of the group -- Responding to problem behaviors -- 9. Structured role assignment in adolescent groups -- Structuring techniques -- early group sessions --^
• Continuing and middle phases of group process -- Group exercises: Middle to intermediate phases -- 10. Examples of process in various phases of a structured group -- Beginning phase -- Middle phase -- Later phase -- 11. Issues for parents -- General suggestions -- 12. A specialized short-term structured therapy group for sexually abused young adolescent girls -- Structured techniques and materials used in the groups -- Some additional ideas -- Graduation and follow-up -- Summary.

ISBN

• 0943158745 :
• 9780943158747

LCCN

^^^93044822^

OCLC

• 29566620
• SCSB-14249101

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library