Group Resources

There are various training opportunities, professional associations, journals, books and miscellaneous websites that would be of interest to Division 49 members.

Support Group Interview Series

This is a three-part series on creating and leading support groups, with interviews conducted in the fall of 2020.

Part I: An Interview with Ann Steiner
Ann Steiner provides an overview of the benefits of support groups, considerations leaders need to know for support groups as compared to interpersonal process groups, and recommendations for running online support groups.

Citation: Steiner, A. [APA Division 49]. (2020, September 10). Support group series: Dr. Ann Steiner [Video file] Retrieved from: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-49/about/resources/steiner-interview

Part II: An Interview with Molyn Leszcz
Molyn Leszcz discusses his work providing training for support groups for frontline workers during pandemics and how they are critical to help prevent burnout. He also discusses his work on organizational resilience and some of the research as relevant to these topics.

Citation: Leszcz, M. [APA Division 49]. (2020, September 20). Support group series: Dr. Molyn Leszcz [Video file] Retrieved from: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-49/about/resources/leszcz-interview

Part III: A Conversation with Christine Schmidt and Robert Klein
Two experienced group leaders have a conversation about the support groups they run, what motivates them in doing these types of groups, and reflect on some of their experiences as leaders for these groups.

Citation: Schmidt, C. and Klein, R. [APA Division 49]. (2020, September 16). Support group series: A conversation with Dr. Christine Schmidt and Mr. Robert Klein [Video file] Retrieved from: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-49/about/resources/schmidt-klein-interview

Support Articles

The Division 49 newsletter provides resources to assist in the practice of group psychology and group psychotherapy. The division is currently featuring the following articles:

• Residential rehabilitation treatment program
  Comorbid medical issues and psychopathology presented by diverse veterans in Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (RRTP) are rife for clinical health psychological interventions within a transdiagnostic group context.
  
• The pandemic ending?: Tevya Zukor, PhD, reflects on the pandemic’s ending and the role of mental health on college campuses
• Psychodrama as an Effective Treatment for Trauma and PTSD Experience
• Book review of Group Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Integrating Theory and Practice

Division 49 maintains detailed information about institutions, organized by region, that offer practicums, internships and postdoctoral programs with an emphasis on group psychology and group psychotherapy.

To support professors and other educators, Division 49 provides a wealth of resources on teaching group therapy. We encourage those seeking more information about teaching group therapy to review our Group Specialty Council resources as well as our newsletter. Our latest article discussing teaching group therapy are part of a series “Moving beyond Yalom." The first article provides a group theory seminar curriculum, and the second article provides a breakdown of major group theories.

• American Board of Group Psychology (ABGP)opens in new window

• American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)opens in new window

• American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)opens in new window

• American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPPopens in new window)

• ASA: Social Psychology Sectionopens in new window

• Association for Specialists in Group-Work (ASGW)opens in new window

• Canadian Group Psychotherapy Associationopens in new window

• Center for the Study of Group Processes (University of Iowa)opens in new window

• Centre for the Study of Group Processes (University of Kent)opens in new window

• Centre For Research in Social Psychology (CRiSP; University of Queensland)opens in new window

• East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy (Lois Holzman)opens in new window

• Eastern Group Psychotherapy Societyopens in new window

• Group Analytic Societyopens in new window

• GroupNet (Dr. Donelson Forsyth)opens in new window

• Group Psychotherapy (for the layman)opens in new window

• International Association of Group Psychotherapyopens in new window

• Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Societyopens in new window

• Systems-Centered Instituteopens in new window

• The Tavistock Instituteopens in new window

• Westchester Group Psychotherapy Associationopens in new window

• Group Analysisopens in new window

• Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice (APA)

• Group Processes & Intergroup Relationsopens in new window

• European Journal of Social Psychologyopens in new window

• International Journal of Group Psychotherapyopens in new window

• Journal of Applied Social Psychologyopens in new window

• Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapyopens in new window

• Journal of Managementopens in new window

• Journal of Organizational Behavioropens in new window

• Journal for Specialists in Group Workopens in new window

• NASA - Teams & Teamworkopens in new window

• Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processesopens in new window

• Small Group Researchopens in new window

• Social Psychology Quarterlyopens in new window

• Social Workopens in new window