CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- Who Should Lead Groups? -- Reasons for Leading Groups -- Kinds of Groups -- Group Versus Individual Counseling -- Use of Theories -- Our Approach to Groups: Impact Therapy -- Group Counseling in a Multicultural Context -- Group Leadership Styles -- Leadership Functions -- What Makes an Effective Leader? --- Potential Group Problems -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER TWO: Stages of Groups, Group Process, and Therapeutic Forces -- Stages of Groups -- Group Process -- Group Dynamics of Different Kinds of Groups -- Therapeutic Forces -- Process and Content -- Concluding Comments -- Web Site -- CHAPTER THREE: Purpose of Groups -- When the Leader Is Unclear About the Purpose -- Determining the Purpose of the Group -- Common Questions About Purpose -- Purpose in Single-Session Groups -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER FOUR: Planning -- Pregroup Planning -- "Big-Picture" Planning -- Planning the Phases of the Session -- Sample Session Plans -- Frequent Mistakes in Planning -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER FIVE: Getting Started: The Beginning Stage and Beginning Phase -- The First Session -- The Second Session -- The Beginning Phase of Subsequent Sessions -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER SIX: Basik Skills for Group Leaders -- Active Listening -- Reflection -- Clarification and Questioning -- Summarizing -- Linking -- Mini-Lecturing and Information Giving -- Encouraging and Supporting -- Tone Setting -- Modeling and Self-Disclosure -- Use of Eyes -- Use of Voice -- Use of the Leader's Energy -- Identifying Allies -- Multicultural Understanding -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Focus -- Establishing the Focus -- Holding the Focus -- Shifting the Focus -- Deepening the Focus -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Cutting Off and Drawing Out -- Cutting Off -- Drawing Off -- Conclusing Comments -- CHAPTER NINE: Rounds and Dyads -- Rounds -- Dyads -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER TEN: Exercises -- Why Use Exercises? -- When to Use Exercises -- Kinds of Exercises -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Introducing, Conducting, and Processing Exercises -- Introducing an Exercise -- Conducting an Exercise -- Processing an Exercise -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Leading the Middle Stage of a Group -- Planning and Assessment -- Leadership Skills and Techniques for the Middle Sessions -- Middle-Session Topic Outlines -- Middle-Session Leadership Tactics for Specific Groups -- Common Mistakes Made During the Middle Sessions -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Counseling and Therapy in Groups -- Goals of Therapy Groups -- Establishing Therapy Group Size and Membership of Therapy Groups -- The Leader's Role and Responsibilities in Therapy Groups -- The Process of Therapy in a Group -- Techniques for Conducting Therapy in Groups -- Spinning Off -- Therapy That Focuses on Process -- Intense Therapy -- Providing Therapy in a Nontherapy Group -- Common Mistakes Made When Leading Therapy Groups -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Closing a Session or Group -- The Closing Phase -- The Closing Stage -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dealing with Problem Situations -- The Chronic Talker -- The Dominator -- The Distractor -- The Rescuing Member -- The Negative Member -- The Resistant Member -- The Member Who Tries to "Get the Leader" -- Dealing with Silence -- Dealing with Sexual Feelings -- Dealing with Crying -- Dealing with Mutually Hostile Members -- Asking a Member to Leave -- Dealing with Prejudiced, Narrow-Minded, or Insensitive Members -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Working with Specific Populations -- Children -- Adolescents -- Couples -- Addiction Groups -- Older Clients -- Clients with Chronic Diseases or Disabilities -- Survivors of Sexual Abuse -- Divorce Groups -- Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Issues in Group Counseling -- Co-Leading -- Ethical Considerations -- Legal Issues -- Evaluating Groups -- Research -- Training of Group Counselors -- The Future -- Web Sites on Groups -- Final Thoughts Regarding Leading Groups

Jacobs, E. E., Masson, R. L., & Harvill, R. L. (2002). Group counseling: Strategies and skills. Brooks/Cole.