This revised text gives counsellors and counsellors-in-training an over-the-shoulder look at leading, experienced family therapists as they respond to six "incidents" in group therapy - all of which raise a number of theoretical issues and a variety of possible resolutions.

This revision of Donigian and Malnati's 1987 text gives counsellors and counsellors-in-training an over-the-shoulder look at leading, experienced family therapists as they respond to six "incidents" in group therapy - all of which raise a number of theoretical issues and a variety of possible resolutions - including the initial session, mass group denial, and a member choosing to leave. The therapists - each a proponent of a different theoretical orientation - responds to each critical incident and explains the thought processes they went through that determined their particular responses to the incident. As readers observe the thought processes and interventions that occur as these experienced group therapists put theory into practice, they will begin to develop a theoretical rationale that will sustain them as they work with their own groups.

PART I: Selected Theories Applied To Group Thearapy. 1. Client-Centered Therapy. 2. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 3. Family Centered Therapy. 4. Gestalt Therapy 5. Individual Psychology. 6. Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy. 7. Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Therapy. 8. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. 9. Reality Therapy 10. Solution-Focused Therapy. 11. Systems-Centered Therapy For Groups. 12. Transactional Analysis PART II: Theoretical Practitioners' Responses To Specific Critical Incidents And Their Congruence With Theory. 13. The Initial Session. 14. Group Attack Of The Therapist. 15. Mass Group Denial. 16. A Member Chooses To Leave. 17. A Deep Disclosure Near Session Termination 18. A Member Maintains Distance. PART III: Where Have We Come? 19. Comparison Of Theoretical Practitioners' Interventions. 20. Considerations In Developing Your Theory Of Group Therapy.