Intervention OverviewGroup practice by mental health professionals has improved dramatically over half a century. Despite encounters shaped by the subtle complications of conducting teamwork research; the group's effectiveness has been clearly validated with a wide range of people, topics, problems and symptoms (Burlingame, Earnshaw, Matsumo, 2007). Although group methods are well established, demands for advancement and application of all counseling methods are increasing, intensified by existing economic conditions. Group work is an attractive treatment choice in part because it can be more cost-effective than individual counseling and psychotherapy. However, the complication of working with multiple members by connecting and utilizing many universal growth stages challenges counselors in efforts to increase the effectiveness of their teamwork (Ward, 2010). Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of mental health counseling. It can be used with individual or group work. It is an effective treatment used by mental health professionals for depression. CBT has been shown to be as helpful as antidepressant medications for some individuals with depression and can be very effective in inhibiting the relapse of symptoms. Clients who receive CBT for depression are inspired to program positive activities into their daily activities in order to increase the amount of pleasure they experience. Additionally, depressed clients learn to reorganize their negative thought patterns to view the environment in a less prejudicial way. Studies indicate that clients who are given CBT in addition to medication treatment have better outcomes than clients who do not receive CBT as an adjunctive treatment (National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2012). The National Alliance on Mental Illness (2012), suggests that at the heart of CBT is a theory that a