Social work practice with groups : a clinical perspective / Kenneth E. Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Kenneth E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric social work.

Social group work.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Pacific Grove : Brooks/Cole Pub. Co., [1997]

Summary:

This book provides a unique and compassionate perspective on group social work with a focus on clinical settings. In an open and user-friendly style, author Kenneth Reid offers practical, day-to-day strategies to help social workers work with people in small groups in a way that is therapeutic, growth producing, and life-enhancing.

In addition to integrating small-groups theory and therapeutic principles, Social Work Practice with Groups also offers: -- numerous clinical examples that bring the material alive and into context -- "Notes to Myself" vignettes that begin each chapter and relate the author's experience to the topics in the chapter while they convey a piece of personal and practical wisdom -- and a focus on the "personhood" of the group leader, which explores how the practitioner's own personality, development, and life situation are brought into the therapeutic relationship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and indexes.

ISBN:

0534345484

OCLC:

35128137