This perennial best seller is an essential guidebook for group counseling. Packed with easy-to-implement activities, practical information on group dynamics and everything you need to do before, during, and after each counseling group - how to gain support, how to establish purpose and recruit students who will benefit, knowing the right amount of structure to provide, establishing and enforcing appropriate rules, and more. Group Activities for Counselors includes more than 100 group sessions and 80 reproducible handouts covering topics such as self-concept, friendship, divorce, death, communication, resolving conflicts, racial issues, sexual harassment, problem solving, study skills, and more. Created for use in grades 4-12, the activities in this book utilize a variety of strategies to encourage students to explore and share their feelings, ideas, experiences, and insights. These group activities are designed to strengthen the closeness and synergy that develops as a group coalesces, at the same time offering you the convenience of being able to select relevant group activities at your discretion