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Title: Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN: 0-465-08448-6 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $56.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Master Of Group Therapy
Comment: Yalom's revolutionary book, The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, is essential reading for the graduate student in therapy and counseling. It provides a comprehensive guide to the group experience, from the beginning to the end, and everywhere in between. It includes how one would create a group, problems to expect, and practical solutions to these problems.The book does not read as a typical textbook, but as a novel. The author's style is informative, but not laden with academic jargon. The high readability is also due to the fact that Yalom includes real-life examples throughout the entire book. This helps the reader to apply theory to situations that will be encountered in the course of conducting group therapy. Each chapter is outlined explicitly, which helps with future referencing.The most practical knowledge gained from reading this book is the emphasis the author places on the here-and-now process of group therapy. This is an aspect often overlooked by new group therapists. The explanation of group process demystifies the group experience and explains how it is that groups are beneficial to the members participating in them. This book is also practical in that it gives an explanation of all possible pitfalls encountered in the group setting, including problem patients and attrition in the group. The author helps the reader to know what to expect and how to handle problems when they arise.While this book was an extraordinary guide to the group experience, there were a few shortcomings. First of all, the book was based on outpatient groups Yalom lead at Stanford, which might not be applicable to all of the population. The reader is advised to take this into account when reading the book. Also, the groups were all long-term, sometimes lasting several years. In reality, this may not be a practical occurrence, as therapists may have trouble finding members that will commit themselves to such a long-term group.There were two major aspects of group therapy that needed more attention in this book. First of all, cross-cultural issues were not discussed in this book. This is an extremely important aspect of all therapy, and it was not addressed here. It is questionable that all of the results presented in this book would apply to multi-cultural situations. In addition, brief therapy groups were rarely mentioned in this book. In reality, therapists will probably conduct homogeneous brief therapy groups much more often in the course of their careers. The author included a chapter on the encounter group that was so popular in previous decades but is rarely used anymore. It would have been more fruitful to address the brief therapy group and omit the encounter group.Despite these shortcomings, this book is of extreme value to the new therapist. It includes the group in all aspects, and answers readers' questions before they are even asked. It should be mandatory reading material for all graduate students before they lead their first groups.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Comment: This book is one that every graduate student in psychology or beginning therapist should read and have on their shelf. Yalom covers and discusses many important aspects of group therapy such as interpersonal learning, basic thearpist tasks, the idea of working in the here-and-now, therapist transference and transparency, selection of patients, creating a group, problem patients and training the group therapist. Yalom addresses this book to new therapists just starting out, as well as therapists who have been in the field for some time. Yalom presents the new therapist with the many considerations that need to be looked at when forming a group and actually leading a group and he assists the therapists who have been in the field for some time with ways in which to sharpen or improve their skills. Yalom's book appears to be based on highly functioning upper middle class individuals who seem to have good jobs and relationships with their family, friends and spouses. One may gather this assumption from the clinical vignettes and cases that Yalom presents throughout the entire book. Yalom incorporates much of his own practical experience with individuals in the groups that he has led himself, which makes his book feel like you are reading a novel and not a textbook per se. Although Yalom based his book on highly functioning upper middle class individuals, he never addressed the idea of group therapy with children or individuals of different ethnic backgrounds, which seem to be two important areas in today's society, especially within the realm of therapy. Yalom incorporates a rigorous research base within his text, such as discussing some of the current treatment modes and the diagnostic criteria for managed care, which other authors tend to maybe leave out or not touch upon, in essence leading the reader to believe that what Yalom speaks about is true, factual and practical when referring to group therapy. Although Yalom conducted an extensive amount of research on the area of managed care, I do not think it is possible for an individual to be covered by a managed health care or insurance company for a group that is conducted over a one to two year period, as Yalom presents in some of his clinical vignettes. One thing that I think Yalom has done that other authors have not is present the reader with twelve variables that he refers to as "therapeutic factors," (i.e. instillation of hope, universality, altruism, and group cohesiveness) which in essence are the driving tools and elements that assist therapy groups with rectifying individual character distortions. Yalom's book assisted our graduate psychology class in gaining an immense amount of insight and depth into the area of group therapy in such a short amount of time. Yalom's book is one that should be included in all graduate programs in psychology!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Very Simple Review
Comment: Nobody should do group psychotherapy without reading this book.
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Title: Groups: Process and Practice by Marianne Schneider Corey, Gerald Corey ISBN: 0534347894 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 21 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: The Gift of Therapy : An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin Yalom ISBN: 0060938110 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Evolution of a Group: Student Video and Workbook by Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey, Robert Haynes ISBN: 0534363245 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 30 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.95 |
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Title: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision) by Task Force on DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association ISBN: 0890420254 Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pr Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $64.00 |
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Title: Love's Executioner : & Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN: 0060958340 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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