| Summary: | "This book describes six group therapy approaches that are appropriate for use in hospitals, partial hospitals, and residential treatment centers. The book is organized into 10 chapters. The introductory chapter argues for the importance of a model framework and delineate the settings. Chapter two characterizes the major important contextual dimensions that distinguish one treatment environment from another. Chapter three presents the popular interpersonal approach, to which most practitioners gain exposure. Chapter four addresses the family of psychodynamic models. It begins with a consideration of what makes a model psychodynamic and then explores different ways that psychodynamic principles have been used in inpatient hospital programs, partial hospital programs, and residential treatment centers contexts. Chapter five proceeds to the cluster of cognitive behavioral approaches to contextual group psychotherapy. Chapter six focuses on acceptance and commitment therapy model. Chapter seven moves on to the skill-based interpersonal problem-solving model for the treatment of a wide range of psychological and physical problems, which remains the object of considerable empirical inquiry. Chapter eight presents social skills training model which continues to be used to treat the most severely disturbed patients. Chapter nine performs a comparative analysis of all six models. It seeks to aid the reader in finding a useful model for his or her setting. Finally, it reiterates the theme of this book, which is that model selection should be predicated on as much knowledge about the setting, the population, and the therapist as possible."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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