Handbook of Social Work with Groups Book

When I first opened the book and read the first couple of chapters, I was initially stunned by the parochial narrow-mindedness of the notions and judgements the author passes upon his subjects. I was about to skim the rest of the book and was already gearing myself up to writing a scathing review.
And yet. As I read further and further on, I realised that the book is indeed very valuable. The simple access to a very unique and undervalued study gave the man insight and material to work with few others could ever hope to acquire.

Along the way , the author started introducing many notions and adaptation tactics that people use to deal with crises and problems, and explained relative maturity of each style. While the examples he uses in his case studies are not brilliantly portrayed, and way too short to get a real sense of the character of the men, they do sink in after a while, perhaps their very simplicity (or simplification perhaps?), helps us understand the reactions they experienced very clearly.

Undoubtedly, we judge all judges through the prism of our own morality. We have changed since the time when the book was written. I think the author may have changed as well. I look forward to reading his "triumphs of experience", not only to find out how the men have changed further with age, but also to see how the writer's prism has evolved.