Creative advances in groupwork / edited by Anna Chesner and Herbert Hahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chesner, Anna.

Hahn, Herbert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2002.

Summary:

Groupwork is a constantly evolving area, and the authors of this book seek to encourage, inspire and lure practitioners into thinking new thoughts and developing new methods. A range of experienced and respected group workers explore developments in their specific fields of practice, moving from well-established approaches towards newer ideas. Subjects covered include experiential groups, merging and splitting, group therapy and planetary awareness, social dreaming, playback theatre and sociodrama. The authors show how group-analytic concepts can be creatively drawn on in the context of, for instance, business practice or inter-European relationships. Running through the book are themes such as the sustainability of working from traditional theory in an ethos of continuous change, and the development of theory and practice across internally or externally constructed boundaries. Developed by means of a group dialogue process between the contributors, this exciting and challenging book reflects the way in which groupwork is changing and moving beyond orthodoxy, and will inspire practitioners in this field.

Contents:

1. Working with Trainees in Experiential Groups / Amelie Noack 14

2. Playback Theatre and Group Communication / Anna Chesner 40

3. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A Jungian Approach to Social Dreaming / Peter Tatham 67

4. Helping the Helpers / Herb Hahn 85

5. Working with Words / Angela Eden 109

6. A Sociodramatist Goes to Work / Ron Wiener 131

7. Group Merging and Splitting: The Case of Europe and the Quest for Identity / Antonio L. S. Fazio 159

8. Reconnecting with our World / Chris Johnstone 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

185302953X

OCLC:

48467218