Great Groups!
Creating and Leading Effective Groups
(Second Edition)
©2025, 320 pages
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The second edition of Great Groups! Creating and Leading Effective Groups offers a structured framework for understanding the intricacies of planning and developing effective group experiences. This textbook serves as a foundational resource for students just beginning to grasp group work principles and is equally vital for enhancing the proficiency of experienced group workers. The content spans fundamental group work theory, provides practical tools for facilitating groups, and underscores the impactful outcomes that well-run groups can achieve.
The book delves into the mix of group dynamics principles with theories of counseling and psychotherapy, restructured to present a coherent and comprehensive theoretical perspective. It explores the practical challenges of group formation, dynamics, management, and resolution, relating these to broader themes such as multicultural understanding and ethical practice.
The second edition includes new and expanded coverage on groups for LGBTQ+ people, conflict resolution, and the promotion of understanding in communities.
Great Groups! is suited for both undergraduate and graduate students in counseling, social work, psychology, and human service programs. It also serves as a reference guide, preparing students for future professional roles where group work is integral. Organized to align with a traditional semester-long course structure, it’s of particular use in programs that emphasize practice-based learning in group dynamics and leadership.
The book delves into the mix of group dynamics principles with theories of counseling and psychotherapy, restructured to present a coherent and comprehensive theoretical perspective. It explores the practical challenges of group formation, dynamics, management, and resolution, relating these to broader themes such as multicultural understanding and ethical practice.
The second edition includes new and expanded coverage on groups for LGBTQ+ people, conflict resolution, and the promotion of understanding in communities.
Great Groups! is suited for both undergraduate and graduate students in counseling, social work, psychology, and human service programs. It also serves as a reference guide, preparing students for future professional roles where group work is integral. Organized to align with a traditional semester-long course structure, it’s of particular use in programs that emphasize practice-based learning in group dynamics and leadership.
David Hutchinson holds a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master’s degree in counseling from Assumption College. He has worked as an addictions counselor, an administrator of treatment programs, and a private counseling practitioner. Dr. Hutchinson now prepares graduate students for careers in counseling at Vermont State University. His specialties include foundational skills training, group work, addictions, and grief counseling.
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Praise for the Previous Edition:
“Hutchinson's Great Groups is a great text! Any student considering leading groups should first read this book. The author's warmth, empathy, and group leadership experience comes across in very engaging and practical ways. This book puts the reader right beside the author as he discusses leading groups.”
John Q. Hodges, University of North Alabama
“This book teaches the fundamental concepts of group practice while maintaining the readability of a novel.”
Philip Mongan, Radford Unviersity
“A very practical hands-on guide to group facilitation capitalizing on the author’s valuable practice wisdom.”
Tracy A. Marschall, University of Indianapolis
"The book is aimed at students who are working towards developing and leading groups... succeeds in offering an in-depth understanding of a wide range of issues that are important to consider when forming and facilitating successful groups, while managing to remain accessible and readable."
Frances Lampert, Counselor and Supervisor, Therapy Today
"Easy to read, good content."
Dr. Paul M Hamilton, School Of Arts Sciences, Univ Of Houston-Victoria
“Hutchinson's Great Groups is a great text! Any student considering leading groups should first read this book. The author's warmth, empathy, and group leadership experience comes across in very engaging and practical ways. This book puts the reader right beside the author as he discusses leading groups.”
John Q. Hodges, University of North Alabama
“This book teaches the fundamental concepts of group practice while maintaining the readability of a novel.”
Philip Mongan, Radford Unviersity
“A very practical hands-on guide to group facilitation capitalizing on the author’s valuable practice wisdom.”
Tracy A. Marschall, University of Indianapolis
"The book is aimed at students who are working towards developing and leading groups... succeeds in offering an in-depth understanding of a wide range of issues that are important to consider when forming and facilitating successful groups, while managing to remain accessible and readable."
Frances Lampert, Counselor and Supervisor, Therapy Today
"Easy to read, good content."
Dr. Paul M Hamilton, School Of Arts Sciences, Univ Of Houston-Victoria
