Book excerpt: A textbook providing a comprehensive survey of the therapeutic techniques that dominate contemporary group practice and the theories and hypotheses on which they are based. The volume is divided into six major sections: basic principles; specialized group psychotherapy techniques; special practices in group psychotherapy; group psychotherapy with special populations; group psychotherapy in special settings; and training, research, and special areas. The first edition was published in 1971, the second in 1983. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR