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Self-help and support groups : a handbook for practitioners / Linda Farris Kurtz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurtz, Linda Farris.
- Series:
- Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; v. 34.
- Sage sourcebooks for the human services ; v. 34.
- Sage sourcebooks for the human services ; v. 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-help groups.
- Group counseling.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Self help and support groups : a handbook for practitioners
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, [1997]
- Summary:
- The first volume to address both self-help and support groups, and to provide a clear distinction between the two, Self-Help and Support Groups dispels misunderstandings and inaccurate assumptions about how they function, whom they attract and how they help participants achieve goals.
- Linda Farris Kurtz informs practitioners and students in the human services about the concepts, theories and research relevant to self-help and support groups. She provides practical advice and direction for working with these groups while analyzing self-help//support organizations on three different levels in terms of: the groups themselves; the group members; and the practitioners' interactions with the groups. In addition, this compr
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0803970986
- 0803970994
- OCLC:
- 35558964
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