One of the most important functions a professional organization and its associated journal can endeavor to perform is to provide forums through which professionals can identify and describe concept...

This December issue marks the last issue of the sixth volume of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work that I have edited. As in the editorials in the previous five December issues, I will refle...

I often ask authors to include a statement in their manuscripts that clarifies the type of group they are describing for readers. It seems to me that, for most of us mere mortals, it is very diffic...

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It has been almost a year since the 2005 Atlanta American Counseling Association Convention, which featured Irvin Yalom as keynote speaker. Along with more than a thousand opening session attendees...

A fundamental tenet of professional group workers is the critical importance of incorporating a process-oriented approach to group work as often as possible. Attention to process can increase the p...

The Association for Specialists in Group Work is an organization whose primary focus is upon conducting groups. As the main outlet for scholarly work of ASGW, The Journal for Specialists in Group W...

My recent reading leads me to believe that efforts to validate the efficacy of group work for delivering mental health services have been successful. On the basis of our experience conducting group...

It is a pleasure to introduce this issue of The Journal for Specialists in Group Work. In addition to the variety of interesting topics and information provided, an inspection of the characteristic...