A Handbook of Contemporary Group Work Practice: Promoting Resilience and Empowerment in a Complex World - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197657923 ISBN 13: 9780197657928

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2024

Synopsis

This handbook provides both students and practitioners in mental health disciplines with a comprehensive introduction to group work practice. Carolyn Knight & Geoffrey L. Greif begin by providing a straightforward explanation of the benefits of and skills associated with the group modality. This includes the relevance and importance of the trauma-informed formulation for group work. Chapter authors, the majority of whom are frontline practitioners, describe their practice with a range of client populations that: Face challenging life transitions like mental illness and substance abuse; have been exposed to trauma including sex trafficking and domestic and community violence; and confront systemic sources of marginalization like racism and heterosexism and homophobia. A Handbook of Contemporary Group Work Practice provides clear and practical guidance, often including case examples, making it easy for readers to create similar groups in their practice settings.

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About the Author

Caroylyn Knight, PhD, MSW is a social worker with more than thirty years of experience facilitating groups for a range of client populations including adult survivors of childhood trauma, children grieving the loss of a loved one, and parents experiencing homelessness. Dr. Knight also has more than thirty years of experience teaching group work practice in the generalist/foundation social work curriculum and has presented many workshops and trainings on the modality to professional practitioners.

Geoffrey L. Greif, PhD is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and the author of over 175 articles and book chapters and the author/editor of 16 books. He has over 40 years' experience leading and writing about groups with diverse populations from children and parents in the public schools to men in the criminal legal system. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197657923
• ISBN 13: 9780197657928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Knight Carolyn, Greif Geoffrey L.