Building on the individual's personal experience of groups, starting in the family, the authors offer an account of why things happen as they do in groups, providing a basis for developing groupwork in a wide range of settings, rooted in an understanding of the interaction between individual and group processes. Particular attention is paid in the group-analytic approach to the social, cultural and institutional context within and outside the group. This book can be used both as a text for courses and to lead the therapist or group worker through the stages of establishing and conducting a group appropriate to the needs of the particular clients, residents or patients.
Autorentext
BILL BARNES was, until his death, a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and the Clinical Director of the NHS Consultation and Psychotherapy Service in Liverpool, UK.
Inhalt
Foreword by Jeremy Holmes
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Looking at Groups
The Individual and the Group
Growing a Group
What Happens in a Group?
Working in the Group: Negotiating the Boundaries
Working in the Group: Intervention and Interpretations
Differences in Groups: Homogeneity and Heterogeneity
Working Together
On Becoming a Group Therapist
Glossary
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