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This book provides skills and strategies for becoming an effective group leader. It can be applied to many situations - support, psychotherapy or education groups, with groups of students or clients, in organizations or communities. It includes many simulated exercises to provide the necessary practice for leadership skills. This edition includes: new information on self-help support groups and computer-mediated groups; more information on the history, theory, and research related to group process; more information on group conflict, group problem-solving, group decision making, types of leadership, and team building; a checklist for beginning a group; methods for warming up groups; and methods for working with large groups.