Group Work Practice Kit: How to Improve the Everyday Practice of Group Work

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Robert K. Conyne Ph.D. William A. Allen Boeing Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor Seattle University 2013-14 and Professor Emeritus from the University of Cincinnati is a licensed psychologist clinical counselor and fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Psychological Association. He has amassed 42 years of professional experience as a university professor and department head counselor administrator consultant and trainer and most recently as a consultant to military personnel and their families at U.S. installations both at home and overseas. Bob has received many awards including Eminent Career Award from the ASGW; Lifetime Achievement Award in Prevention Society of Counseling Psychology of the APA; Distinguished Alumni Award of Distinction from Purdue University; and has been designated a Soros International Scholar. He was the 2009 president of the APAs Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy and in 1996 was president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work. With over 200 scholarly publications and presentations including 14 books in his areas of expertise (group work prevention and ecological counseling) along with broad international consultation in these areas Bob is recognized as an expert in working with people and systems. With colleague (and wife) Lynn S. Rapin Ph.D. he also helps people plan and prepare psychologically for their upcoming retirement using the holistic approach they developed Charting Your Personal Future. His most recent publication is the Prevention Practice Kit co-edited with Arthur M. Horne Ph.D. immediately preceded by the Handbook of Group Counseling (edited Oxford University Press 2011).  Forthcoming is the Group Work Practice Kit (edited Sage).  In all these edited books Bob also authored contributions.