Children-of-Divorce Group Therapy

Children-of-Divorce Group Therapy Bounce-Back Program CONTENTS 1BACKGROUND2 2THE PROBLEM2 3THE RATIONAL OF GROUP THERAPY3 4THE BAOUNCE-BACK PROGRAM3 4.1GOALS OF THE BOUNCE-BACK PROGRAM4 4.2BENEFITS OF THE BOUNCE-BACK PROGRAM4 5SCREENING AND SELECTING GROUP MEMBERS (FRONT)4 5.1INCLUSION CRITERIA4 5.2EXCLUSION CRITERIA5 6GROUP PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES (FRONT)5 7CLINICAL METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION (CORE)6 8THERAPY SESSIONS (CORE)7 8.1SESSION ONE7 8.2SESSION TWO8 8.3SESSION THREE8 8.4SESSION FOUR9 8.5SESSION FIVE9 8.6SESSION SIX9 8.7SESSION SEVEN10 8.8SESSION EIGHT10 9EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP10 10CONCLUSION11 11REFERENCES12 1BACKGROUND Divorce in …

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