Growing Groups

Geoffrey Buckley, Ph.D. has been a licensed marriage and family therapist for more than 35 years and has extensive experience leading groups, treating individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, a M.S. in marriage and family therapy from California Lutheran University, and a M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Buckley has served as an adjunct professor in psychology and counseling at Pepperdine University since 2001. He has also taught at California State University, Northridge, and in the graduate psychology department of California Lutheran University.

"During a historic national crisis, this book is a compassionate contemporary reminder that healing requires humanity, empathy, respect for others, and proffers a 'we are our brothers and sisters' keeper' message to it."Irmo Marini, Professor, School of Rehabilitation, University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyRecipient of the 2009 Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Education award by the National Council on Rehabilitation Education"Growing Groups by Geoffrey Buckley is a genuine, heartfelt, superb foray into the creation, management, and phenomenological healing properties of understanding and facilitating the group process at its finest. The text will not only explain in clear, precise language the 'magic' of group procedures, but will also leave you feeling good about what you are learning and in validating why you do this essential work."Suzanne Whitehead, Professor and Program Coordinator of Counselor Education, California State University, Stanislaus