Counseling

This product accompanies:
Gladding,  Groups: A Counseling Specialty, 5/E

• NEW - Expanded and reorganized theory section—Improves the alignment of theoretical perspectives and includes new Learning More sections for each theory.

  • Provides lists of websites and of original sources related to each of the ten covered theories—ideal for term paper topics, discussion questions, and assignments.

• NEW - Coverage of working with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients in groups—Included in the diversity chapter.

  • Gives students a group dynamics perspective on these populations.

• NEW - Expanded coverage of the multicultural aspects of group work—Addressed specifically in the diversity chapter, and incorporated throughout the narrative.

  • Ensures students understand the influence of culture, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and other factors on how groups function and what they can accomplish.

• NEW - Parallel structure for each group in the life-stage chapters—Addresses type, set-up, leader's role, outcomes, and strengths/limitations.

  • Facilitates comparison of group dynamics across life-stage groups, and incorporates latest research.

• NEW - Over 150 additional references throughout the text.

  • Highlights additional sources of information on text concepts.

• NEW - Three new appendices—Offer Association for Group Specialists documents related to best practices, diversity, and training standards.

  • Acquaints students with accepted standards of the profession and helps them understand likely expectations of their first positions.

• NEW - Accompanying workbook—Includes exercises, quizzes, cases, and real group transcripts to help students apply group theory to practice.

• Numerous charts and tables—Depict stages in group development and key components of group theory.

  • Provides visual templates for understanding the dynamics of groups.

• Summary and Conclusion, Classroom Exercises, and References sections—At the end of each chapter.

  • Focuses student attention on the chapter's overall message, allowing them to self-check their understanding. Guides them to additional information for self-study.

• Glossary —Includes all of the specialized nomenclature of group work.

  • Introduces students to previously unencountered terms and phrases that are integral to studying groups.

• Expanded and reorganized theory section—Improves the alignment of theoretical perspectives and includes new Learning More sections for each theory.

  • Provides lists of websites and of original sources related to each of the ten covered theories—ideal for term paper topics, discussion questions, and assignments.

• Coverage of working with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients in groups—Included in the diversity chapter.

  • Gives students a group dynamics perspective on these populations.

• Expanded coverage of the multicultural aspects of group work—Addressed specifically in the diversity chapter, and incorporated throughout the narrative.

  • Ensures students understand the influence of culture, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and other factors on how groups function and what they can accomplish.

• Parallel structure for each group in the life-stage chapters—Addresses type, set-up, leader's role, outcomes, and strengths/limitations.

  • Facilitates comparison of group dynamics across life-stage groups, and incorporates latest research.

• Over 150 additional references throughout the text.

  • Highlights additional sources of information on text concepts.

• Three new appendices—Offer Association for Group Specialists documents related to best practices, diversity, and training standards.

  • Acquaints students with accepted standards of the profession and helps them understand likely expectations of their first positions.

• Accompanying workbook—Includes exercises, quizzes, cases, and real group transcripts to help students apply group theory to practice.

I. HISTORY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT.

II. GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN.

III. LEADING GROUPS FROM A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Group Counseling  (Counseling)

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  Group Work: A Counseling Specialty, 3/E
  Gladding
  ©1999 | Merrill | Paper; 544 pp | Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0138755434 | ISBN-13: 9780138755430
  Suggested retail price: $111.00  Net price: $83.25  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  For students without previous exposure to the study of group dynamics. It begins with an introduction to the history, dynamics, diversity, leadership, ethics, and development that are part of the lives of groups. It then presents an extensive discussion of the issues and procedures for working with groups throughout the lifecycle. Finally, it discusses the evolution, practice, and outcomes of 11 prominent theoretical ways of conducting groups. The text's pragmatic approach, numerous case examples, and exercises are particularly valuable in helping students translate theory into application.

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  Groups: A Counseling Specialty, 5/E
  Gladding
  ©2008 | Merrill | Cloth; 560 pp | Out of Stock
  ISBN-10: 0131735950 | ISBN-13: 9780131735958
  Suggested retail price: $113.33  Net price: $85.00  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  This book was written to address the total field of group work, including how to set up and conduct the four basic types of groups — therapy, counseling, guidance, and work/task. It is a complete package on groups including the history of group work, dynamics of groups, leadership in groups, ethical issues in groups, multicultural aspects of groups, stages of group development, groups across the life span, and the theoretical basis for working with groups (10 theories covered). This text is filled with current and classic references and is packed with illustration. The author set out to write the most comprehensive and complete book on groups. Groups: A Counseling Specialty is readable and enjoyable. Readers are challenged frequently to reflect on how they would deal with specific aspects of a group and to reflect on their own experiences with groups.

Samuel T Gladding is a professor of counselor education and director of the counselor education program at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been a practicing counselor in both public and private agencies since 1971. His leadership in the field of counseling includes service as president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), president of Chi Sigma Iota (international academic and professional counseling honor society), and vice president of the Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development (C-AHEAD).

Dr. Gladding is the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and the ASGW newsletter. He is also the author of more than 100 professional publications. In 1999, he was cited as being in the top 1 % of contributors to the Journal of Counseling and Development for the 15-year period from 1978 to 1993. Some of Dr. Gladding's most recent books are The Counseling Dictionary (2001), Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession (4th ed., 2000), Family Therapy: History, Theory, & Process (3rd ed., 2002), Becoming a Counselor: The Light, the Bright, and the Serious (2002), The Creative Arts in Counseling (2nd ed., 1998), and this edition of Group Work: A Counseling Specialty.

Dr. Gladding's previous academic appointments have been at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fairfield University (Connecticut), and Rockingham Community College (North Carolina). He was also Director of Children's Services at the Rockingham County (North Carolina) Mental Health Center. Gladding received his degrees from Wake Forest (B. A., M. A. Ed.), Yale (M. A. R.), and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (Ph. D.). He is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), and a Licensed Professional Counselor (North Carolina). Dr. Gladding is a former member of the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling and a current member of the Research and Assessment Corporation for Counseling (RACC).

Dr. Gladding is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Chi Sigma Iota Thomas J. Sweeney Professional Leadership Award; the Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development Joseph W and Lucille U. Hollis Outstanding Publication Award; the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Professional Leadership Award and Outstanding Publication Award; the Association for Specialists in Group Work Eminent Career Award; and the North Carolina Counseling Association Ella Stephens Barrett Award for Leadership and Service to the Counseling Profession.

He is also a Fellow in the Association for Specialists in Group Work.

Dr. Gladding is married to the former Claire Tillson and is the father of three children—Benjamin, Nathaniel, and Timothy Outside of counseling, he enjoys tennis, swimming, and humor.

For the Counseling Discipline

Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
Allyn & Bacon
©2001 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319602 | ISBN-13: 9780205319602
Suggested retail price: $0.00Net price: $0.00  (What's this?)

Allyn & Bacon Helping Professions SuperSite for Counseling
Allyn & Bacon
©2003 | Merrill | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205394302 | ISBN-13: 9780205394302
This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.ablongman.com/helpingprofessions.

Career Counseling: Work in Progress DVD
Greenwood, Amundson & Niles
©2006 | Merrill | DVD | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131920014 | ISBN-13: 9780131920019
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Net price: $15.00  (What's this?)

Counseling Theories CD-ROM
Granello
©2005 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131173944 | ISBN-13: 9780131173941
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Scenarios in Counseling: Guided Interactive Practice in Understanding Ethical and Legal Issues, CD-ROM
Herlihy, Remley, Garry & Garry
©2005 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0131176102 | ISBN-13: 9780131176102
Suggested retail price: $21.33Net price: $16.00  (What's this?)

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