Group Work: Skills and Strategies for Effective Interventions Book

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