Groups: A Counseling Specialty, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (December 9, 2025) © 2026

  • Samuel T. Gladding Wake Forest University
  • Nathaniel N. Ivers Wake Forest University

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Title overview

Groups have the power to help, heal, direct, and support. Groups: A Counseling Specialty will help you develop the knowledge and skills needed to lead effective groups. It is a comprehensive exploration of the history of group work along with group dynamics, leadership, ethical issues, stages of group development, groups across the life span, and the theoretical basis for working with groups.

Updated with the latest research, the 9th Edition modifies, revises, or replaces all brief cases and in-body group scenario examples. New and updated references are incorporated throughout; group theories chapters are reorganized based on similarities among theoretical approaches, and much more.

Table of contents

  • 1. History of Group Work
  • 2. Types of Groups and Group Work
  • 3. Group Dynamics 
  • 4. Effective Group Leadership
  • 5. Forming a Group
  • 6. The Transition Period in a Group
  • 7. The Working Stage in a Group: Performing 
  • 8. Adjourning or Closing a Group
  • 9. Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Social Justice in Group Work
  • 10. Specialty Groups and Creativity in Groups
  • 11. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Working with Groups
  • 12. Groups for Children
  • 13. Groups for Adolescents
  • 14. Groups for Adults
  • 15. Groups for Older Adults
  • 16. Cognitive and Behavioral Groups
  • 17. Person-Centered, Existential, Gestalt, and Reality Therapy Groups
  • 18. Solution-Focused, Narrative Therapy, Psychodrama, and Transactional Analysis Groups

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