A Guide to Creative Group Programming in the Psychiatric Day Hospital

A Guide to Creative Group Programming in the Psychiatric Day Hospital aids the mental health practitioner who is responsible for creating and running groups for a day hospital program, inpatient unit, or intensive outpatient program. This handbook includes 50 protocols for running groups that cover a wide range of topics, including motivation, self-esteem, shifting cognitive distortions, and risk-taking in relationships. It also offers instruction for creating your own groups, especially extensive instruction for how to create a group using cuts from popular movies. These kinds of groups provide an element of entertainment that can capture the interest of the group while offering stimulus for discussing important treatment issues.