Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses
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Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses by Howard Kibel
Arguing that group psychotherapy is a particularly effective method of treatment for psychotic patients, Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses draws together the world's leading exponents in a comprehensive exploration of theory and practice. The contributors consider the development of the study of psychosis as well as the more recent advances in assessment, diagnosis and group treatment, covering such topics as: conceptual schema and models of the psychoses variations of group therapy approaches and their effectiveness interpretations and interventions with clients coping with countertransference, counteridentification and counterresistance multimodal treatment and the importance of context training and supervision problems peculiar to groups treatment in a therapeutic community.
This recent book takes a serious look at the field of group therapy and its uses for psychotic patients…The book first gives a background to the theory of psychosisThere is a dissagreement between Kanas and other therapists over using seperate groups for schizophrenic and bipolar patients or having groups of mixed diagnosis. since this book is based on a wide range of authors crossing international and theoretical bounderies, there are many views of the origin and treatment of psychosis with diverse emphases on the weight of biological, intrapersonal and interpersonal…This is a distinguished and thoughtful book with its integration of theory and practice, which also benefits from the rereading. -- Israel Journal Of Psychiatry
The book is essential reading for practitioners running groups, whatever the professional and therapeutic background. The papers are finely attuned to the qualities needed for effective therapeutic work and to the emotional impact of the work on practitioners. It is a well-constructed book with a useful guide on how best to use it. I found it absorbing and informative. -- Counselling: The Monthly Journal for Counsellors
It would be useful for any clinician who deals with psychotic patients. The book covers information on psychosis, use of group therapy in psychoses, useful techniques of group therapy including ways to deal with resistance, empathy, and countertransference issues. It also provides information about training and supervision of group leaders. Volunteer workers' roles in group therapy of psychosis as well as confusional states in patients and staff are detailed. This enlightening book is enriched with multiple case examples. The language is easy to read. References are numerous and current. This is an excellent source about group psychotherapy of psychoses. Readers are well informed about various methods of this subject as technical information is provided along with training suggestions for group leaders as well as adjunctive treatment methods. I found this book to be very interesting and I highly recommend it. -- Doody's Notes
At a time when mental health policy is swinging back towards social control, it is good to be reminded that there are alternatives to incarceration and psychotropic medication in the care of psychotic people. As this book reminds us, psychological therapies do play an important role, not only in alleviating the terrible symptons of psychosis, but also in restoring to people a sense of meaning and control over their lives.The text brings together a number of the world's foremost practitioners in the field to create a rich and comprehensive account of group psychotherapy theory and practice. The editors have sought to create what they call a 'spider's web' of ideas from which new understandings and therapeutic strategies strategies can grow.The text is helpfully divided into four sections: background and theory; training and supervision and counter-transference (an often neglected but crucial aspect of working with this client group), and the setting and context within which therapy takes place. The contributers write from a range of perspectives, from the clinical to the organisational. Of particular note is Diane Campbell Lefevre's chapter describing psychotherapy training for nurses within a group psychotherapy project. Nurses have a long and honourable history of involvement in such work, and may have to fight to keep it. This book will be of great help to them in that struggle. -- Mental Health Care and Learning Disabilities.
The book is essential reading for practitioners running groups, whatever the professional and therapeutic background. The papers are finely attuned to the qualities needed for effective therapeutic work and to the emotional impact of the work on practitioners. It is a well-constructed book with a useful guide on how best to use it. I found it absorbing and informative. -- Counselling: The Monthly Journal for Counsellors
It would be useful for any clinician who deals with psychotic patients. The book covers information on psychosis, use of group therapy in psychoses, useful techniques of group therapy including ways to deal with resistance, empathy, and countertransference issues. It also provides information about training and supervision of group leaders. Volunteer workers' roles in group therapy of psychosis as well as confusional states in patients and staff are detailed. This enlightening book is enriched with multiple case examples. The language is easy to read. References are numerous and current. This is an excellent source about group psychotherapy of psychoses. Readers are well informed about various methods of this subject as technical information is provided along with training suggestions for group leaders as well as adjunctive treatment methods. I found this book to be very interesting and I highly recommend it. -- Doody's Notes
At a time when mental health policy is swinging back towards social control, it is good to be reminded that there are alternatives to incarceration and psychotropic medication in the care of psychotic people. As this book reminds us, psychological therapies do play an important role, not only in alleviating the terrible symptons of psychosis, but also in restoring to people a sense of meaning and control over their lives.The text brings together a number of the world's foremost practitioners in the field to create a rich and comprehensive account of group psychotherapy theory and practice. The editors have sought to create what they call a 'spider's web' of ideas from which new understandings and therapeutic strategies strategies can grow.The text is helpfully divided into four sections: background and theory; training and supervision and counter-transference (an often neglected but crucial aspect of working with this client group), and the setting and context within which therapy takes place. The contributers write from a range of perspectives, from the clinical to the organisational. Of particular note is Diane Campbell Lefevre's chapter describing psychotherapy training for nurses within a group psychotherapy project. Nurses have a long and honourable history of involvement in such work, and may have to fight to keep it. This book will be of great help to them in that struggle. -- Mental Health Care and Learning Disabilities.
Victor L. Schermer is a psychologist in private practice and clinic settings in Philadelphia. He is co-author with Charles Ashbach of Object Relations, the Self and the Group, co-editor with Malcolm Pines of Ring of Fire, and has written widely on psychology and psychotherapy. He is a Full Clinical Member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, Executive Director of the Psychoanalytic Study Group and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Conflict. Malcolm Pines is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and group therapist and is based at the Group-Analytic Practice in London. He is past President of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and former Consultant at the Tavistock Clinic. He is the International Library of Group Analysis series editor, author of Circular Reflections: Selected Papers on Group Analysis and Psychoanalysis, and co-editor with Irene Harwood of Self Experiences in Group, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853025846 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853025844 |
| Title | Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses |
| Author | Howard Kibel |
| Series | International Library Of Group Analysis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 450 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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