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Informationen zum Autor Virginia Brabender and April Fallon Klappentext In this volume, Virginia Brabender and April Fallon chronicle the rich history of group development research, provide a survey of modern theories of group development, and introduce the authors' own five-stage model of group development. The authors demonstrate the importance of group identity to the achievement of treatment goals through a series of vivid, real-life vignettes that illustrate the characteristic behavior of group members at each stage. They apply their developmental perspective not only to traditional unstructured groups but also to focused groups and groups emerging from postmodern frameworks, such as social constructionism and narrative psychology. Zusammenfassung Highlighting the role of group evolution in therapy, the text presents a five-stage model illustrated through vivid vignettes of member behavior. It explores traditional, focused, and cyber group settings while emphasizing how group identity shapes the achievement of treatment goals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Chapter : Introduction to Stage Development in Psychotherapy GroupsPart I. Group Development: Benefits, Theory and Research Chapter 2: Advantages of a Developmental Approach to Group Psychotherapy Chapter 3: Theoretical History of Group Development in its Application to Psychotherapy Groups Chapter 4: Empirical Investigations of Group DevelopmentPart II. A Five-Stage Model of Group Development Chapter 5: An Illustration of a Group Through Its Development Chapter : Developmentally-Focused Leadership Activities of the Therapist Chapter 7: Stage Development With Structured Group Approaches Chapter 8: Post-Modern Approaches and Group Psychotherapy: Clinical and Developmental ImplicationsPart III. The Future of Developmentally Relevant Theory, Research, and Practice Chapter 9: Contextual Variables Requiring Further Examination Chapter : Group Development: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice Glossary References Author Index Subject Index About the Authors ...
