| Summary: | "Multiple-counseling is, above all, a human relations approach to personal growth. It combines individual counseling with a group process to bring about behavior changes based on new attitudes. Constructive human relationships are learned and practiced through membership in an intimate group. The leader-counselor plays a dual role, for he is both a member of the group and a personal counselor to individuals within the group. However, the group dynamics, discussions, and inter-personal relationships activated by group members provide the most significant learning stimuli. This method is a synthesis of effective techniques used by teachers, doctors, psychologists, and pastors to help their charges "to gain better understanding and acceptance of themselves and others. The intimate group wherever it is found--school, factory, hospital, club, church--provides support and reassurance to its members: they are worthy persons. Through skilled leadership such a group can help its members, regardless of their age or mental health status, to move forward in their personal growth and social adjustments. The adaptability of the multiple-counseling method is shown by its successful use with teen-agers, college students, and adults. Its effectiveness as an individualized learning process was demonstrated by the benefits gained by normal, neurotic, and psychotic participants. Thus this book presents procedures and materials for Personal Development and Human Relations Courses in high school and college; likewise it gives practical guidance for group therapy projects for maladjusted and mentally ill persons"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
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