Group work : skills and strategies for effective interventions
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Group work : skills and strategies for effective interventions
Haworth Press, c1999
2nd ed
- pbk. : alk. paper
- hard : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-340) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Group Work: Skills and Strategies for Effective Interventions, Second Edition examines eclectic approaches to group work and discusses ways to help practitioners offer more successful services to clients. This edition includes new material on complicated value dilemmas and specific techniques in confrontation and in humor in groups. Complete with more games and exercises for group sessions, this enlightening book also contains excerpts and discussions of case studies that will serve as a valuable reference that may be applied to your own experiences. Group Work will help you provide improved services to clients as it discusses effective suggestions and strategies, such as:
gaining an understanding of "self," or the process by which you identify internal responses to external stimuli created by the group
unlocking the underlying meanings, themes, and needs of a group by examining transference and countertransference issues
establishing guidelines, structures, and goals and purposes for groups and defining your role in achieving these standards
helping you identify and work through feelings of boredom, helplessness, sadness, and anger, which are potential barriers to the work of the group
helping the group translate nonverbal expressions of similar feelings as they manifest themselves in certain group behaviors, including absence and lateness, lethargy in communication, and acting out
ending groups properly to ensure progress is maintained and separation is not damaging
Intelligent and informative, Group Work features charts and a glossary of games and exercises that will help you offer your group the services they need. Full of new strategies and methods, this second edition will serve as an essential guide for all types of situations that arise in your groups.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Mutual Aid
Group Cohesion
Catharsis
Mastery
Models
Group Phases
Use of Self
Chapter 2. In the Beginning
The Members' Issues
The Worker's Role: Use of Self and Issues of Authority
Role of the Worker: Beginning Tasks and Issues for the Group
Contracting
Engagement
Trusting and Testing
Moving from the Concrete to the Thematic
Conclusion
Chapter 3. In the Middle
The Members' Issues
The Worker's Role: Use of Self and Issues of Authority
The Group As Mother
Working on a Shared Problem
Obstacles
Confrontation
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Endings
The Members' Issues
The Worker's Role: Use of Self and the Issues of Authority
Termination of a Member: A Group Issue
Lost in Feelings
Staying with Feelings
Termination and Regression
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Group Planning
Needs Assessment
Purpose
Composition
Structure
Content
Pregroup Contacts
Agency Context
Planning a Group for Persons with AIDS
Conclusion
Chapter 6. The Use of Programming in Groups
Manipulating Aspects of Activities to Meet Clients' Needs
The Group Mural
Saying Good-Bye
Acting Out Feelings
Use of the Small Group in Large Group Settings
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Manifest and Latent Content
Use of Self: The Worker's Role As Authority
Tuning In to Nonverbal Cues
Acting Out Feelings
Following a Theme
Growing by Respecting the Message of the Group
Clarifying Communication
Symbolic Expression
The Hunger Artist
Chapter 8. Confronting Acting-Out Behavior and Powerful Latent Themes
Introduction
Powerful Angry Feelings
Confrontation in Beginnings
Tips on Confronting
Avoiding Confrontation
Workers' Confrontation with Self
Chapter 9. Using Humor in Groups
The Absurdity of Suffering
We Can Either Laugh or Cry
I Am What I Am
Getting the Message Through
Laughing Through Our Tears
Chapter 10. Special Practice Issues
Special Structures
Co-Therapy
A Cooperative Effort
Parallel Process
Working Out Irreconcilable Differences
Dealing with Problematic Situations
Scapegoating
Differences and Sameness: The Use of Self
Conclusion
Chapter 11. Value Dilemmas in Group Practice
Matters of Confidentiality
Individual versus Individual and Individual versus Group
Group versus Agency
Group as Reflective of Democratic Process
Positions of Professionals Dealing with Ethical Issues Expressed in Groups
Conclusion
Glossary of Group Games and Exercises
Activities for Use in the Beginnings
Activities for Use in the Middles
Activities for Use in the Endings
Additional Bibliographic Material
Bibliography
Index
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