International Perspectives on Group Work

Ana Puig is an associate scholar and research director in the Office of Educational Research at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Bogusia Skudrzyk is Program Director and Professor of Counselor Education at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, USA. Julieta Monteiro-Leitner is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA. A. Michael Hutchins is a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Tucson, AZ, USA.

Introduction 1. Critical Issues in International Group Counseling 2. Development and Implementation of an International Counseling Outreach Effort in Bhutan: A Group Stage Conceptualization 3. Group Work During International Disaster Outreach Projects: A Model to Advance Cultural Competence 4. International Consultation and Training on Group Work in South Asia 5. A Grounded Theory of Western-Trained Asian Group Leaders Leading Groups in Asia 6. Teaching Group Counseling in Botswana: Two U.S.-Trained Counselors Discuss Experiences and Share Cultural Considerations for Practice 7. International Cultural Immersion: Assessing the Influence of a Group Intervention on Intercultural Sensitivity for Counselor Trainees 8. Group Counseling and Satsang: Learning From Indian Group Practices 9. Understanding the Islamic Concept of Usrah and Its Application to Group Work 10. Transcending Traditional Group Work: Using the Brazilian Martial Art of Capoeira as a Clinical Therapeutic Group for Culturally Diverse Adolescents 11. Therapeutic Factors and Members’ Perception of Co-Leaders’ Attitudes in a Psychoeducational Group for Greek Children With Social Anxiety 12. The Development of Relational Competences in High School Students by Means of Sociometric Methods 13. Development and Implementation of a Psychoeducational Group for Ghanaian Adolescents Experiencing Parental Divorce Conclusion