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The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy » (5th Edition)

Book cover image of The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom

Authors: Irvin D. Yalom, Molyn Leszcz, Molyn Leszcz
ISBN-13: 9780465092840, ISBN-10: 0465092845
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: 5th Edition

Author Biography: Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was the recipient of the 1974 Edward Strecker Award and the 1979 Foundation's Fund Prize in Psychiatry. He is the author of When Nietzche Wept (winner of the 1993 Commonwealth Club gold medal for fiction), Love's Executioner, Every Day Gets a Little Closer (with Ginny Elkin), and the classic textbooks Inpatient Group Psychotherapy and Existential Psychotherapy. Molyn Leszcz, M.D., F.R.C.P.(c) is head of the Program in Psychotherapy at the University of Toronto.

Book Synopsis

The fifth edition of the best-selling text—completely revised to reflect the latest developments in the field

Contemporary Psychology

Far and away the best book about group psychotherapy.

1	The therapeutic factors	1
2	Interpersonal learning	19
3	Group cohesiveness	53
4	The therapeutic factors : an integration	77
5	The therapist : basic tasks	117
6	The therapist : working in the here-and-now	141
7	The therapist : transference and transparency	201
8	The selection of clients	231
9	The composition of therapy groups	259
10	Creation of the group : place, time, size, preparation	281
11	In the beginning	309
12	The advanced group	345
13	Problem group members	391
14	The therapist : specialized formats and procedural aids	429
15	Specialized therapy groups	475
16	Group therapy : ancestors and cousins	525
17	Training the group therapist	543
App	Information and guidelines for participation in group therapy

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