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Group Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals book cover

1st Edition

Group Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals

By Lorraine McColgan Copyright 2022
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge
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This book presents the therapist with a reflective and robust framework for group treatment that promotes an end to the shame and secrecy so frequently experienced by survivors. Through a series of tools such as visualisations and art exercises, the practitioner is guided through the process of establishing and running a group in this modality. The synthesis of both an educational and a... Read more
Introduction  Part 1: Forming a Group  1. Assessment  2. Mixed Gender Groups  3. The Virtual Group  4. Measuring Progress  5. Note Keeping  Part 2: Therapeutic Co-Working  6. Therapeutic Co Working  Part 3: Session Structure  7. Session Structure  Part 4: Session Themes  8. Introductory Session: Confidentiality Contract and Codes of Behaviour, Safe Place Visualisation, Art Piece and Discussion  9. Self-Soothing  10. Boundaries  11. Trust and Intimacy  12. Self Assertion / Speaking Your Truth  13. The Family of Origin  14. Dealing with Tyrants  15. Anger and Rage  16. Grief and Depression  17. Loneliness  18. Shame  19. Sensuality and Sexuality  20. Fear  21. Suicidality  22. The Myth of Forgiveness  23. The Question of Evil  24. Brokenness and Healing  25. Inner Child Visualisation  26. Endings and Beginnings  27. Ways Forward  28. Closing Session

Biography

Lorraine McColgan has a Masters in Counselling Psychology and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from Trinity College Dublin. She works with the National Counselling Service in Ireland and in private practice as an individual and group therapist and as a clinical supervisor. She is a registered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Please contact [email protected] for all inquiries.

 

"McColgan offers a practical guide to therapeutic group work for mental health professionals who work with adult survivors of abuse. Her therapeutic group work synthesises a psychoeducational approach with a dynamic process perspective … I like this work. It is simple but profound. Unpretentious and eminently usable."

Jarlath F. Benson, Psychoanalytic Group Analyst, Trainer and Supervisor with the NHS, UK and in private practice, Ireland

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