101 interventions in group therapy

Every clinician looks for the most effective interventions to apply in group therapy. 101 Interventions in Group Therapy gives practitioners exactly what they are looking for - effective interventions in a clear, simple, reader-friendly format. This comprehensive yet concise guide provides 101 short chapters written by 78 leading well-recognized practitioners explaining step-by-step exactly what to do to provide an effective intervention when something arises in group therapy. Each easy-to-learn intervention is profound in nature and has been shown effective in practice by the author of the chapter. Foreword by J. Scott Rutan.

Who owes you an apology -- The group therapist as stoyteller -- Using primary language to access primary affect -- How can you not see my pain -- Animal-assisted therapy with a group of young children with social problems -- "Am I my mother's daughter" Self-awareness in the transmission of gender roles through the family role models -- Living with dying: How to keep the group alive when the members are dying -- The gambling chair -- Bringing a New member into group: Marking a new place in the cycle -- The crystal and the stone: Use of transitional objects in groups -- The vicissitudes of power and its relationship to money -- Expect the unexpected: An intervention in a psychodynamic women's group with pregnant women -- Using dreams in group theraphy -- A ranking task as an in-vivo experiences of negotiation awareness in an interpersonal skills training group -- Interview in groups with clients sharing the same critical fact -- Bridging in group therapy using movement improvisation -- What's so funny? The group leader's use of humor in adolescent groups -- Using grammar to increase immediacy and affect -- Hardiness enhancement: A pathway.