Group work : a humanistic and skills building approach /: a humanistic and skills building approach. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Urania Glassman.
• Other Names: Glassman, Urania
• Contents: List of Practice Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. DIMENSIONS OF THE HUMANISTIC APPROACH; 1. Humanistic Values and Democratic Norms: Equal Rights; Historical Overview of Democratic Principles Values of the Humanistic Group; Democratic Norms as Values in Action; Humanistic Values 1-4; Humanistic Value 1: People Have Inherent Worth and Equal Right to Oportunity; Humanistic Value 2: People Are Responsible for and to One Another; Humanistic Value 3: People Have the Right to Belong to and Be Included in Supportive Systems; Humanistic Value 4: People Have the Right to Take Part and to Be Heard; Summary; 2. Further Humanistic Values and Democratic Norms: Freedoms; Humanistic Values 5-8; Humanistic Value 5: People Have the Right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression; Humanistic Value 6: People Who Are Different Enrich One Another; Humanistic Value 7: People Have the Right to Freedom of Choice; Humanistic Value 8: People Have the Right to Question and Challenge Professionals in Authority Roles; Summary; 3. Stage Themes of Group Development; Overview of Stage Theory; The T-Group Model and the Boston Model; Beginning, Middle, and Ending Phases; Group Process and Group Purpose; Stage Theory and Member Differences; Stage Themes and Practitioner Reactions to Members; Stage Themes: Humanism and Democracy; Stage Themes of group development; Stage Theme 1: "We're Not in Charge"; Stage Theme 2: "We Are in Charge"; Stage Theme 3: "We're Taking You On"; Stage Theme 4: Sanctuary; Stage Theme 5: "This Isn't Good Anymore"; Stage Theme 6: "We're Okay and Able"; Stage Theme 7: "Just a Little Longer"; Summary; PART II. OBJECTIVES AND TECHNIQUES OF HUMANISTIC GROUP WORK; 4. Dual Objectives: Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System and Actualizing Purpose; The Dual Objectives: Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System and Actualizing Purpose; Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System; Actualizing Group Purpose; Accomplishing the Dual Objectives; Dual Objectives and the Change Process; Interactions of the Dual Objectives; Forms of Interaction that Foster the Democratic Mutual Aid System; Forms of Interaction that Foster the Actualization of Group Purpose; Summary; 5. Techniques for Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System; Use of Technique; Categorizing Techniques; Techniques for Developing the Democratic Mutual aid System; Facilitating Collective Participation; Scanning; Engaging the Group as a Whole; Modulating the Expression of Feeling; Facilitating Decision-Making Processes; Processing the Here and Now; Expressing Feelings About the Practitioner Role; Goal Setting; Good and Welfare; Summary; 6. Techniques for Actualizing Group Purpose; Techniques for Actualizing Group Purpose; Role Rehearsal; Programming; Group Reflective Consideration; Interpretation; Feedback; Summary; 7. Further Techniques for Actualizing Group Purpose; Further Techniques for Actualizing Group Purpose; Conflict Resolution; Group Mending; Confrontation; Data and Facts; Self-Disclosure; Dealing With the Unknown; Taking Stock; Summary; 8. Techniques for Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System and Actualizing Group Purpose; Techniques for Developing the Democratic Mutual Aid System and Actualizing Group Purpose; Demand for Work; Directing; Lending a Vision; Staying With Feelings; Silence; Support; Exploration; Identification; Summary; PART III. DIFFERENTIAL APPLICATION OF THE HUMANISTIC APPROACH; 9. Assessing the Member in the Group; Assessment Activities and the Group Member; Assessing the Member in the Group; Psychosocial Criteria for Assessment; Capacity Toward Mutual Aid and Purpose; Ego Abilities and Sense of Self; Social Institutional Environment; Stereotypes and Self-Fulfilling Prophesies; Symbolic Representations of the Practitioner and Group; Summary; 10. Fields of Practice and Humanistic Group Work; Mental Health Groups; Health Care Groups; Substance and Alcohol Addictions Groups; Summary; PART IV. PRACTICE VARIATIONS AND CONTINGENCIES; 11. Short-Term, Single-Session, Open-Ended, and Structured Groups; Short-Term Groups; Single-Session Groups; Open-Ended Groups; Structured Groups; Summary; 12. Contingencies; Setting Up the Group Meeting; Preparing for the Initial Meeting; Informal Between-Session Contacts With Practitioner; Formal Between-Session Contacts With Practitioner; Postgroup Responsibilities; Copractice; Summary; References; Index; About the Author;
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages)
• Subjects: 361.4; Social group work
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483342986; 1483342980
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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