This popular manual presents an empirically tested format and ready-made curricula for skills training groups in a range of settings. Part I takes therapists and counselors step by step through assessing clients' existing skills, teaching new skills, and managing common treatment challenges. Part II comprises over 60 ready-to-photocopy skill sheets. Each sheet—essentially a complete lesson plan—explains the rationale for the skill at hand, breaks it down into smaller steps, suggests role-play scenarios, and highlights special considerations.

New to This Edition:

• Chapter on working with dually diagnosed clients.
• Overview of the empirical support for the approach.
• Additional assessment forms and 15 additional skill sheets.
• Expanded, easy-to-reproduce 8 1/2" x 11" format.