Groups in Action

Marianne Schneider Corey, MA, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and a National Certified Counselor. She received her master’s degree in marriage, family and child counseling from Chapman College. A fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work, she was the recipient of its Eminent Career Award in 2001. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Mental Health Counselors Association in 2011. Marianne Corey has been involved in leading groups for different populations, providing training and supervision workshops in group process, facilitating self-exploration groups for graduate students in counseling. Both Marianne and Gerald Corey have conducted training workshops, continuing education seminars and personal-growth groups in the United States, Germany, Korea, Ireland, Belgium, Mexico, Hong Kong and China. Marianne had co-authored four other books with Cengage including: ISSUES AND ETHICS IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS (11th ed.; 2024, with Gerald Corey and Cindy Corey), BECOMING A HELPER (8th ed.; 2021, with Gerald Corey), I NEVER KNOW I HAD A CHOICE (11th ed.; 2018, with Gerald Corey and Michelle Muratori) and GROUP TECHNIQUES (4th ed.; 2015, with Gerald Corey, Patrick Callanan and Michael Russell). Marianne and Jerry have been married since 1964. They have two adult daughters, Heidi and Cindy, two granddaughters, Kyla and Keegan and one grandson, Corey. Marianne grew up in Germany and has kept in close contact with her family and friends there. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, visiting with friends, bike riding and hiking. Robert Haynes is a licensed clinical psychologist and producer of psychology video programs for Borderline Productions. Haynes received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology and is a member of the APA, ACA, and ACES. He has been actively involved in professional psychology through clinical practice, as well as teaching, consulting, leading workshops, and writing on a variety of topics. Haynes recently retired after 25 years as training director of the accredited clinical psychology internship program at Atascadero State Hospital in California. He has co-authored multimedia projects with the Coreys including the EVOLUTION OF A GROUP: STUDENT VIDEO AND WORKBOOK and STUDENT VIDEO AND WORKBOOK FOR THE ART OF INTEGRATIVE COUNSELING, and the ETHICS IN ACTION CD-ROM. Gerald Corey, Ed.D., ABPP, is professor emeritus of human services and counseling at California State University at Fullerton. Presently, he is a distinguished visiting professor of counseling at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, where he teaches intensive courses in counseling theories, group counseling and ethics. He received his doctorate in counseling from the University of Southern California and was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from National Louis University. Dr. Gerald Corey is a diplomate in counseling psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology), a licensed psychologist and a National Certified Counselor. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17, Counseling Psychology and Division 49, Group Psychotherapy), the American Counseling Association and the Association for Specialists in Group Work. Both Gerald and Marianne Corey have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Mental Health Counselors Association as well as the Eminent Career Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work. In addition, he received the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award from California State University at Fullerton and the Thomas Hohenshil National Publications Award from the American Counseling Association. He is the author or co-author of 15 textbooks in counseling currently in print, along with more than 60 journal articles and book chapters. Several of his books have been translated into other languages. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY has been translated into Arabic, Indonesian, Portuguese, Turkish, Korean and Chinese. THEORY OF PRACTICE AND GROUP COUNSELING has been translated into Korean, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. ISSUES AND ETHICS IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS has been translated into Korean, Japanese and Chinese.

PROGRAM 1: EVOLUTION OF A GROUP. Segment 1: Forming a Group. Segment 2: The Initial Stage. 1. Early Developments and Interactions. 2. Some Teaching about Groups. 3. The Dyad Exercise. 4. Shared Responsibility. 5. Role Plays. 6. Making Contracts. 7. Direct Talk. 8. Look and See. 9. Dealing with Conflict. 10. What Will Get in Your Way in this Group? Commentary: The Initial Stage. Segment 3: The Transition Stage. 11. Building Safety. 12. Linking the Work of Members. 13. "How Was the Day?" Commentary: The Transition Stage. Day 2. 14. Checking-In with Members. 15. Furthering of Trust Building. 16. Creating Safety. Commentary: More on the Transition Stage. Segment 4: The Working Stage. 17. Who Wants to Work? 18. Commentary on Casey's Work. 19. Symbolic Exploration through Role-Playing. 20. Jyl's Loss of Her Father. 21. Never Good Enough. 22. Wanting Approval. 23. Working with Metaphors. 24. Working with Relationships. 25. Andrew's Struggle of Keeping Pain Inside. Commentary: The Working Stage. Segment 5: The Ending Stage. 26. Reflecting on Afterthoughts. 27. Preparing Members for Termination. 28. Dealing with Unexpected Conflict. 29. Keeping Members Focused. Commentary: The Ending Stage. Credits. PROGRAM 2: CHALLENGES FACING GROUP LEADERS. Segment 1: Challenges Dealing with Difficult Behaviors in Group. 1. Checking-In: What Was it Like to Return to Group. 2. The Leaders Let Me Down. 3. I'm Not Feeling Safe in Here. 4. I Didn't Want to Come Back to Group. 5. I'm in This Group Against My Will. 6. Emotions Make Me Uncomfortable. 7. I'm Self-Conscious About My Accent. 8. I Want the Leaders to Disclose More. 9. I Learn A Lot by Being Quiet. Commentary. The Group Resumes. 10. Silence Serves a Function. 11. I Feel Pressured to Disclose. 12. What's Wrong with Helping Others? 13. Can't We Stop All This Conflict? 14. I Feel Weak When I Show Feelings. 15. Checking-Out: What Is Each of You Taking From This Session? Commentary. Segment 2: Challenges of Addressing Diversity Issues. Introduction to Segment #2. 16. What Does My Culture Have to Do with My Identity? 17. I Feel Different From Others Here. 18. Sometimes I Want to Exclude Others. 19. I Struggle with Language. 20. I Resent Being Stereotyped. 21. We Are Alike and We Are Different. 22. I Express Myself Better in My Native Language. 23. I Am Colorblind. 24. I Know Little About My Culture. 25. I Want More Answers From You Leaders. Commentary on Diversity. Final Closing Commentary. Credits. PROGRAM 3: LECTURETTES ON THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF GROUP COUNSELING. 1. Introduction. 2. Psychodynamic Approaches. 3. Experiential and Relationship Oriented Approaches. 4. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches. 5. Postmodern Approaches. 6. An Integrative Approach.

• PROGRAM 1: EVOLUTION OF A GROUP.Segment 1: Forming a Group.Segment 2: The Initial Stage.1. Early Developments and Interactions. 2. Some Teaching about Groups. 3. The Dyad Exercise. 4. Shared Responsibility. 5. Role Plays. 6. Making Contracts. 7. Direct Talk. 8. Look and See. 9. Dealing with Conflict. 10. What Will Get in Your Way in this Group? Commentary: The Initial Stage.Segment 3: The Transition Stage.11. Building Safety. 12. Linking the Work of Members. 13. How Was the Day?" Commentary: The Transition Stage. Day 2. 14. Checking-In with Members. 15. Furthering of Trust Building. 16. Creating Safety. Commentary: More on the Transition Stage.Segment 4: The Working Stage.17. Who Wants to Work? 18. Commentary on Casey’s Work. 19. Symbolic Exploration through Role-Playing. 20. Jyl’s Loss of Her Father. 21. Never Good Enough. 22. Wanting Approval. 23. Working with Metaphors. 24. Working with Relationships. 25. Andrew’s Struggle of Keeping Pain Inside. Commentary: The Working Stage.Segment 5: The Ending Stage.26. Reflecting on Afterthoughts. 27. Preparing Members for Termination. 28. Dealing with Unexpected Conflict. 29. Keeping Members Focused. Commentary: The Ending Stage. Credits.PROGRAM 2: CHALLENGES FACING GROUP LEADERS.Segment 1: Challenges Dealing with Difficult Behaviors in Group.1. Checking-In: What Was it Like to Return to Group. 2. The Leaders Let Me Down. 3. I’m Not Feeling Safe in Here. 4. I Didn’t Want to Come Back to Group. 5. I’m in This Group Against My Will. 6. Emotions Make Me Uncomfortable. 7. I’m Self-Conscious About My Accent. 8. I Want the Leaders to Disclose More. 9. I Learn A Lot by Being Quiet. Commentary. The Group Resumes. 10. Silence Serves a Function. 11. I Feel Pressured to Disclose. 12. What’s Wrong with Helping Others? 13. Can’t We Stop All This Conflict? 14. I Feel Weak When I Show Feelings. 15. Checking-Out: What Is Each of You Taking From This Session? Commentary.Segment 2: Challenges of Addressing Diversity Issues.Introduction to Segment #2. 16. What Does My Culture Have to Do with My Identity? 17. I Feel Different From Others Here. 18. Sometimes I Want to Exclude Others. 19. I Struggle with Language. 20. I Resent Being Stereotyped. 21. We Are Alike and We Are Different. 22. I Express Myself Better in My Native Language. 23. I Am Colorblind. 24. I Know Little About My Culture. 25. I Want More Answers From You Leaders. Commentary on Diversity. Final Closing Commentary. Credits.PROGRAM 3: LECTURETTES ON THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF GROUP COUNSELING. 1. Introduction. 2. Psychodynamic Approaches. 3. Experiential and Relationship Oriented Approaches. 4. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches. 5. Postmodern Approaches. 6. An Integrative Approach."