Facilitating Challenging Groups

Leaderless, Open, and Single-Session Groups
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-85714-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Groups—like the people in them—come in all forms, and often they don’t fit a standard mold. Single-session, leaderless, and open groups are three of the most common kinds of nonstandard groups, but participants and facilitators of these kinds of groups have few, if any, resources at their disposal when they try to confront the unique challenges that their group structures present. Facilitating Challenging Groups confronts these challenges head on and offers activities, tools, tips, and techniques vital to everyone from the smallest self-help group to the largest human-relations training session. Readers will come away from this book with a deep understanding of each group’s unique needs, the leader’s role where applicable, and concrete strategies for developing the two traits most important to any successful group: universality and hope.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Nina W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Challenges, 1. Meeting the Challenge, Part II: Open Groups, 2. Open Groups, 3.Issues, Concerns, and Possible Strategies, 4. Planning Open Groups, 5. Facilitative Skills and Techniques, Part III: Leaderless Groups, 6. Variations for Leaderless Groups, 7. Self-help and Support Groups, 8. Guidelines for Leaderless Groups, IV. Single-Session Groups, 9. Single Sessions, 10. Variations for Single-Session Groups, 11. Managing Premature Termination, Part V. Activities, 12. Activities, 13. Getting Started, 14. Building Self-esteem and Self-confidence, 15. Relationship Building and Enhancement, 16. Communication Skills, 17. Termination

Über Autor(innen)

Nina Brown, EdD, LPC, FAGPA, is pofessor and eminent scholar of counseling at Old Dominion University. She is a fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and the author of dozens of books, including Creative Activities for Group Therapy and Psychoeducational Groups, 3rd ed.