Description
A Handbook of Contemporary Group Work Practice is for both students and practitioners in social work, counselling, psychology, and all other helping professions. Whether readers are new to the modality or experienced group leaders, they can read a chapter and immediately appreciate the benefits group membership provides to the identified population and understand how to help group members achieve their collective goals. Many authors include case examples that provide readers with a window into how the group they describe functions in practice. Authors also include online resources that will help readers replicate the group in their practice setting. The handbook is organized into four sections. Part I provides readers with a straightforward introduction to group work practice, its foundation in mutual aid, and the core skills needed to promote members' collaborative efforts. This includes a discussion of what it means to adopt a trauma-informed lens in group work practice. In Parts II, III, and IV, contributors describe the groups they have facilitated. For ease of reading, authors adhere to a similar format that includes descriptions of the client population, rationale for and structure of the group, common themes, intervention skills and strategies, caveats, and termination and evaluation. Carolyn Knight and Geoffrey L. Greif distinguish three broad types of groups based upon the primary focus of members' collective efforts; in reality, many groups include elements one, two, or all three types. Parts II and III describe groups that promote resilience and growth in response to challenging life transitions and trauma exposure. Part IV includes groups that challenge systemic marginalization and inequality. The emphasis in all the groups is the importance of empowerment, at both the individual and community levels, respect for diversity, and an emphasis on inclusion and equity at the micro (group) and macro (systemic) levels.
Table of Contents
PART I Contemporary Group Work Practice: Empowering Members through Fostering Mutual AidChapter 1Group work practice: An overviewCarolyn KnightChapter 2Phases of work and associated skills and tasks in group work practiceCarolyn KnightChapter 3Promoting resilience and growth in group work practice: Core principles and considerationsCarolyn Knight & Geoff GreifChapter 4A dozen "musts" students and practitioners new to the modality should know before they start their group work experience.Geoff Greif & Carolyn KnightPART II Groups that Promote Resilience and Growth in Response to Challenging Life TransitionsChapter 5Group work with individuals experiencing first-episode schizophreniaRachel Miller & Susan MasonChapter 6Online group work with young women with breast cancerErin NauChapter 7Group work with adults with substance use and co-occurring mental health disordersFrancis BartomoleoChapter 8 Group work with individuals who are incarceratedJane StuthmannChapter 9Group work with fathers who are incarcerated or in residential treatmentGeoffrey GreifChapter 10Group work in a shelter with parents experiencing homelessnessCarolyn KnightChapter 11Group work with Asian and Asian-American family caregivers of individuals with dementiaYoujung Lee & Kelley CookChapter 12Mindfulness based forgiveness group for older adultsMariko Foulk, Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, & James T. FitzgeraldChapter 13Group work with older adults grieving lossDonna Kane & Geoffrey GreifPART III Groups that Promote Resilience and Growth in Response to Trauma ExposureChapter 15Group work with children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and loss Diana CoholicChapter 16Group work with children and adolescents exposed to community violence and traumatic lossAlison Salloum & Mia WhiteChapter 17Experiential group work with adult survivors of relational trauma and childhood sexual abuseScott Giacomucci & Haydn BriggsChapter 18Group Work with Survivors of Sex TraffickingDominique Roe Sepowitz & Ezequiel Y. DominguezChapter 19Developing a Safe Space: Group Work with Women Survivors of Interpersonal ViolenceSari Skolnik & Louise SkolnikChapter 20Violence Prevention Group for Men who have been Targets of Community ViolenceDavid RossChapter 21Group Work with Combat Veterans: Vietnam through the Persian Gulf EraTracey L. Waite, Julie A. Ellis, & Joanne M. BoylePART IV Groups that Challenge Systemic Inequality and MarginalizationChapter 22The Rainbow Club: Group Work with Elementary School LGBTQ+ Students and AlliesAlissa Greif Ovadia, Jennifer Baum, Ellen Mills, Lauren Stewart, & Christin WheelerChapter 23Group Work with Boys and Young Men of Color: Building a Brotherhood for Collective Healing and Social changeJon Gilgoff, Francisco J. Alvarado Rosas, & Haydn GriffithChapter 24The Invincible Black Women Group: Empowering Black College WomenMartinique Jones, Brandi Pritchett-Johnson, Gabriella Gaskin-Cole, & Janay ChristianChapter 25Place-based Group Work: Building and Strengthening CommunitiesDr. Megan Meyer & Jonalyn DenlingerChapter 26Group Work to Promote Leadership Among Undocumented Immigrant LatinasDr. Alexandra Pi?eros-Shields
