Help clients in group therapy develop the skills they need to work through problems Group Therapy Homework Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to help clients in group therapy. This easy-to-use sourcebook features:
- 79 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered in group therapy
- A quick-reference format—the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as anxiety, bulimia, chemical dependence, and depression
- Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
- Assignments that are cross-referenced to The Group Therapy Treatment Planner—so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem
- Downloadable content that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format—allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs
Table of Contents:
Wiley Practice Planners® Series Preface xiii
Introduction xv
Section I-Adult Children of Alcoholics 1
Exercise I.A What's My Role? 3
Exercise I.B What Can I Control? What Do I Need? 6
Exercise I.C We're Not Supposed to Talk about That! 9
Section II-Agoraphobia/Panic 10
Exercise II.A When Is Thing to Happen? 12
Exercise II.B Breaking My Panic Cycle 14
Exercise II.C Facing Fears-Part One 17
Exercise II.D Facing Fears -Part Two 20
Section III-Anger Control Problems 22
Exercise III.A Anger Log 24
Exercise III.B Is It Anger or Aggression? 27
Exercise III.C Go Blow Out Some Candles 31
Exercise III.D My Safe Place 33
Section IV-Anxiety 34
Exercise IV.A What Happens When I Feel Anxious? 36
Exercise IV.B What Else Can I Say or Do? 39
Exercise IV.C Beating Self-Defeating Beliefs 42
Section V-Assertiveness Deficit 44
Exercise V.A Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive? 46
Exercise V.B It's Okay to Be Assertive 51
Section VI-Bulimia 53
Exercise VI.A Am I Hungry? 55
Exercise VI.B I Need to Get Control 59
Exercise VI.C What Am I Thinking? 62
Exercise VI.D Is It Good Food or Bad Food? Should It Matter That Much? 65
Section VII-Caregiver Burnout 67
Exercise VII.A Being a Caregiver Makes Me Feel... 69
Exercise VII.B This Is for Me and That's Okay 71
Exercise VII.C What Drawer Does This Belong In? 74
Section VIII-Chemical Dependence 76
Exercise VIII.A I Use Because... 78
Exercise VIII.B What to Do Instead of Using 82
Exercise VIII.C My Road Map to Recovery 86
Section IX-Child Sexual Molestation 91
Exercise IX.A This Is What Happened 93
Exercise IX.B This Is What I Did 96
Exercise IX.C I'm changing the Way I Think 100
Exercise IX.D Stop! Rewind! And Start Again 103
Section X-Chronic Pain 105
Exercise X.A Aah! Relief, Written and Directed by. (Write in Your Name) 107
Exercise X.B I Can Get through This 110
Section XI-Codependence 112
Exercise XI.A I'm Not in Kansas Anymore 114
Exercise XI.B I Feel ... 117
Section XII-Depression 119
Exercise XII.A What Do Others Value about Me? 121
Exercise XII.B My Feelings Journal 123
Exercise XII.C Taking Charge of Your Thoughts 126
Exercise XII.D There's Always a Sunrise 130
Section XIII-Domestic Violence Offenders 131
Exercise XIII.A When Do I Need a Break? 133
Exercise XIII.B Now Is When I Need a Break 136
Exercise XIII.C I Can Have Feelings, Too 138
Section XIV-Domestic Violence Survivors 140
Exercise XIV.A What I Give and What I Get 142
Exercise XIV.B What If...? 144
Exercise XIV.C Thoughts about This Relationship 147
Section XV-Grief/Loss Unresolved 148
Exercise XV.A Farewell, until We Meet Again 150
Exercise XV.B Moving On 153
Section XVI-HIV/AIDS 156
Exercise XVI.A How Am I Doing? 158
Exercise XVI.B Why Me? 161
Section XVII-Incest Offenders Adult 164
Exercise XVII.A Through Eyes of a Child 166
Exercise XVII.B Stress and Trigger Journal 170
Exercise XVII.C My letter of Apology 172
Section XVIII—Incest Sivors—Adult 173
Exercise XVIII.A My Story 175
Exercise XVIII.B What I Need to Tell You 179
Section XIX-Infertility 180
Exercise XIX.A Being a Parent Means . . . 182
Exercise XIX.B What If We Have a Child Some Other Way? 185
Section XX-Parenting Problems 188
Exercise XX.A Working from the Same Page 190
Exercise XX.B What's the Message I Am Giving? What's the Message I Mean? 194
Exercise XX.C Compliments Jar 198
Exercise XX.D What Are My Choices? 202
Section XXI-Phobias-Specific/Social 205
Exercise XXI.A I Can Picture It 207
Exercise XXI.B How Does This Happen? 209
Exercise XXI.C Let's Float with It 212
Exercise XXI.D I Can Do This 215
Section XXII-Rape Survivors 217
Exercise XXII.A Sharing My Story 219
Exercise XXII.B Changing My Faulty Thinking 222
Exercise XXII.C What I Feel and What I Think 225
Section XXIII-Separation and Divorce 226
Exercise XXIII.A Talking to the Children 228
Exercise XXIII.B We Need to Agree 231
Exercise XXIII.C Saying Good-bye and Saying Hello 235
Section XXIV-Shyness 238
Exercise XXIV.A Three Key Ingredients to Positive Social Interactions 240
Exercise XXIV.B What Comes after "Hi"? 242
Section XXV-Single Parents 246
Exercise XXV.A Single Parenting-Pro or Con? 248
Exercise XXV.B What Do Do Now? 250
Section XXVI-Toxic Parent Survivors 253
Exercise XXVI.A I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes-Part One 255
Exercise XXVI.B I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes-Part Two 258
Section XXVII-Type-A Stress 261
Exercise XXVII.A Where's My Tension? 263
Exercise XXVII.B When I Feel Tension/Stress I Can ... 266
Section XXVIII-Vocational Stress 269
Exercise XXVIII.A What Else Can I Do to Make Things Better? 271
Exercise XXVIII.B How I Will Get What I Want 275
About the Author 277
About the Downloadable Assignments 279
