Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills, Eighth Edition, provides an in-depth
look at group counseling with an emphasis on practical knowledge and
techniques for effective group leadership. For this edition, we are excited to include
additional videos that bring to life the skills presented in this textbook. For
the seventh edition we made 43 short videos showing specific skills. The new
clips show an integration of many skills and techniques. The book and video
clips are for counselors, social workers, psychologists, and others who are leading
groups in a variety of settings.
- Bridge the gap between theory and practice.
- Present a sophisticated how-to approach for both beginning students and experienced practitioners.
- The purpose of the text and videos is to integrate traditional theories and concepts of group process with thoughtful strategies and specific skills.
PART ONE A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Demography
CHAPTER 2 Demographic Data and Applied Demography
CHAPTER 3 Demographic Perspectives and Theories
PART TWO POPULATION PROCESSES
CHAPTER 4 The Health and Mortality Transition
CHAPTER 5 The Fertility Transition
CHAPTER 6 The Migration Transition
CHAPTER 7 The Urban Transition
PART THREE: USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 8 The Age Transition and the Life Course
CHAPTER 9 Family Demography and Life Chances
CHAPTER 10 Population, the Environment, and Global Sustainability
Ed Jacobs is the coordinator of the master’s program in the Counseling, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Counseling Department at West Virginia University. He is also the founder and director of Impact Therapy Associates.
Christine Schimmel is the coordinator of the school counseling program in the Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology program at West Virginia University. She has been a counselor educator for over 15 years and has taught courses in school counseling, counseling techniques, group counseling, and counseling children and adolescents.
Bob Masson is Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University and remains active in the counseling field by teaching courses at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Riley Harvill is the president of the HarBeck Company, a leadership training and consulting firm located in Dallas, Texas. Over the past several years, his work has focused on individual and team coaching with U.S. and Canadian police and fire departments.
