Group Work Leadership

Robert K. Conyne, Ph.D., William A. Allen Boeing Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor, Seattle University, 2013-14 and Professor Emeritus from the University of Cincinnati, is a licensed psychologist, clinical counselor, and fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Psychological Association. He has amassed 42 years of professional experience as a university professor and department head, counselor, administrator, consultant, and trainer, and, most recently, as a consultant to military personnel and their families at U.S. installations both at home and overseas. Bob has received many awards, including Eminent Career Award from the ASGW; Lifetime Achievement Award in Prevention, Society of Counseling Psychology of the APA; Distinguished Alumni Award of Distinction from Purdue University; and has been designated a Soros International Scholar. He was the 2009 president of the APA's Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, and in 1996 was president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work. With over 200 scholarly publications and presentations including 14 books in his areas of expertise (group work, prevention, and ecological counseling), along with broad international consultation in these areas, Bob is recognized as an expert in working with people and systems. With colleague (and wife), Lynn S. Rapin, Ph.D., he also helps people plan and prepare psychologically for their upcoming retirement, using the holistic approach they developed, "Charting Your Personal Future." His most recent publication is the Prevention Practice Kit, co-edited with Arthur M. Horne, Ph.D., immediately preceded by the Handbook of Group Counseling (edited, Oxford University Press, 2011). Forthcoming is the Group Work Practice Kit (edited, Sage). In all these edited books, Bob also authored contributions.

DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE CHAPTER LIST OF CASE ILLUSTRATIONS, LEARNING EXERCISES & FIGURES SECTION I: Group Work is a Comprehensive and Unique Approach CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Group Work CHAPTER 2: Foundations of Group Work: Multiculturalism, Social Justice, and Ethics CHAPTER 3: Group Dynamics and Group Process CHAPTER 4: Group Development: The Beginning, Working, & Ending Stages SECTION II: Critical Elements of Group Work CHAPTER 5: Group Work Leadership CHAPTER 6: Group Work Theories CHAPTER 7: Group Leader Styles and Functions CHAPTER 8: Group Work Methods, Strategies, and Techniques SECTION III: Meaning, Action, and Professional Identity in Group Work CHAPTER 9: Reflecting in and on Group Work Practice CHAPTER 10: Selecting Effective Interventions EPILOGUE: From the Author's Chair REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR