Inpatient Group Psychotherapy

Excellent book, but now that it is 2019, it needs to be updated to reflect the current health care system. This book details average inpatient hospitalization stays as 10-90 days. The current average length of stay at an inpatient hospital is 3-15 days. So a lot of the information about how to run groups was not as applicable now - in the book, it assumed patients would be together in groups for weeks, but the reality is that sometimes patients are only together for a day or two.

Yalom is certainly experienced and an authority on psychotherapy -- but he has not left Freudian thinking entirely behind. Labeling people by their mental diagnoses, the belief that the therapist is an authority who can intuit what the client is * really* thinking.... lots and lots of this throughout the book.

I ordered this book for a class. It had lots of good information. Something that I would referred to later. Would be a good read for someone if they were interested in the topic.

Irvin Yalom is considered one of the foremost experts on group psychotherapy, and this book delivers much of his expertise in an easy, enjoyable read. I have gleaned some great advice form this book, and I have enjoyed incorporating much of that advice into my own practice. This book is a must read.

This is the Bible of group therapy. Any counselor or therapist should read this book if there is any possibility of working with groups. My only complaint is that you have to read into the book to get the information. I wish there was a quick guide to group to have as a reference!

I absolutely loved the fact that this was available in the ebook format! The book was invaluable in the class and I want to keep it for life!!

It’s ok but it’s too much information. This could have been make into a smaller book. The book is very detailed and informative.

Yalom's work is what I was initallly trained in for doing group therapy. It has been very valauble to me.

Yalom is a breath of fresh air. So honest and clear. Love his work.

The hard paper folding protected the book very well. Ireceived it intact. I' m enjoing reading it thank you.

Down to earth language and very readable. It clearly sets out how group counselling works in practice and the case studies are really helpful in adding to the explanations in each chapter. This is a very informative work and is well worth what I paid: it helped me get my dream job!

Very useful and informative for therapists.

Extremely useful for students who are trained on group therapy.Use of examples, pros and cons of using this format, provides info on diverse types of group therapy, easy to read, highlights potential benefits an pitfalls of this method, etc.Worth it!

Straight forward read

Brilliant

If you're running/facilitating any type of group, this book must be read as a priority.

Excellent. .Full of wisdom. .very accessible. .highly recommend.

Very informative

As described

I love Yalom he is so easy to understand this book is brilliant if you are currently in counselling training or reflective practice groups

Fantastic book. Couldn't recommend it highly enough. Readable, informative, practical, the best book I could hope to have found on the subject.

Good

Amazing and informative.