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Introduction.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 1 –6

The purpose of this first chapter is to give the reader some rather general notions of what this handbook contains. From these, it is believed, he may more easily and comfortably begin his study of the fundamentals of group counseling. He may also approach the subject with a little more...

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The nature and purposes of group counseling.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 9 –17

A brief introduction to the meaning and purposes of group counseling has been given in this chapter. Essentially, when carried out effectively, members of the staff may expect an improved morale in the institutions. This has been recognized by many observers as evidenced by better feelings of the...

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The prison as a therapeutic community.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 18 –26

To be of better recognized service to society, to be more than merely humane places to which temporarily to banish socially maladjusted persons, prisons must become institutions more like the general hospital with their treatment functions clearly defined. In the transition of the institutions...

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The beginner's approach to group counseling.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 29 –38

In this chapter, some points are raised for self-questioning by the prospective group leader as to his fitness for group counseling. An emphasis is given to the need to appraise not only present competence for the work but also especially potentialities for growth. It is difficult, moreover, to...

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Getting a new group underway.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 39 –49

What has gone before in this book has been offered as theoretical background for the leader starting a new group. In the demonstration program, the trainees have usually witnessed the birth of a group. Yet in retrospect because of the beginner's confusion due to the novelty of the whole...

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The conduct of the group during the first weeks.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 50 –58

During the beginning weeks of a new group, varying degrees of interest in treatment are shown by the inmates. At one extreme are those strongly motivated not to return to prison; at the other, are those who entered group counseling merely to get a report of their presence in their file to impress...

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Traditional and newer methods of counseling.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 59 –67

The brief general discussion of traditional and newer methods of counseling in this chapter may be supplemented by the reader's consulting other references on the subject. The differences between individual and group counseling are significant and deserve more intensive study. Some older methods...

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Some basic conditions for group counseling.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 68 –77

There is no field of human interest which surpasses the study of the human mind. Everyone from the naive laymen to the professional psychologist is curious about the nature of human personality—how it develops, whether or not it can be changed in later life and to what extent it can be changed....

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Desirable methods in the conduct of group counseling.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 78 –91

The functions of group counseling are more demanding than those usually associated with the counselor in educational institutions. The group leader like the educational counselor may assist the inmate by guidance in practical matters, by reference to other employees for advice in the realities of...

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Group leader's use of the case history.

Fenton, Norman

Pages: 92 –98

In the California prisons the group leader is not required, as are many counselors elsewhere, to compile the case histories of those he has to treat. The diagnostic case material for each inmate is prepared by the staff of the Reception-Guidance Centers. The inmate's central file, or his...

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