5 credits
Group work is an increasingly popular, effective counseling method that allows group members to share perspectives and provide useful feedback and information in a structured setting. Students are provided with a comprehensive review of counseling approaches to group therapy in this course. Students examine the theoretical bases of different approaches to group therapy, including psychoanalytic, existential, person-centered, gestalt, transactional, behavioral, rational-emotive, and reality therapy. They engage in a variety of practical application assignments and discussions, focusing on counseling of different types of groups, the efficacy of using group therapy as the treatment method with multicultural and diverse populations, and the stages of group development.