An Experiential Approach to Group Work - Softcover

Furman, Rich; Bender, Kimberly; Rowan, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935871331 ISBN 13: 9781935871330

Publisher: Lyceum Books, 2013

Synopsis

An Experiential Approach to Group Work is not your typical group work text! Using dozens of exercises that build practice-tested skills, the authors' approach is in perfect step with CSWE's competence-based education requirements. The book is organized into three sections the first addresses stages of group practice, the second looks at major types of groups, and the final section looks at examples of group work practice with special populations.

Features of the Second Edition: Expanded! Discussion of the theory of group process and dynamics; New! Content regarding Canadian, British, and Australian group work practices; New! Chapters on anti-oppressive practice, group work with immigrants, and macro-practice group work; New! Content on the use and development of technology to aid group work; Contains customized exercises for each group work topic, designed to build the student and practitioner s skills for use in group work sessions; Special emphasis on how to bring individual sessions or groups to closure; Provides examples of group work in specialized settings: conflict resolution groups within elementary schools, pregnant teens, Latinos, and HIV/AIDS clients

About this title

About the Author

Rich Furman (MSW, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Yeshiva University) is professor of social work at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He has published many books on social work including Navigating Human Service Organizations, third edition, Practical Tips for Publishing Scholarly Articles, second edition, and Social Work Practice with Latinos (Lyceum Books).

Kimberly Bender (PhD, University of Texas at Austin, MSW, Colorado State University) is associate professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, where she studies methods for improving services and developing empirically based interventions for adolescents at risk of problem behavior. She has published peer-reviewed articles on youth with co-occurring disorders, runaway/homeless youths, and maltreated adolescents. Professor Bender has provided group treatment to youths in a variety of clinical settings including residential treatment, inpatient units, and outpatient mental health centers.

Diana Rowan (MSW, Our Lady of the Lake University at San Antonio, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington) is assistant professor of social work at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is an experienced psychotherapist in multiple areas of practice including HIV and AIDS, substance abuse, anxiety and depression, sexual therapy, and Christian counseling. She is the author of Social Work with HIV and AIDS (Lyceum Books).

Review

As we know, well-led groups provide many member benefits: feelings of universality, a sense of hope, altruism, acquisition of knowledge and skills, and mutual support...This text is affordable, easy to use, and very suitable for providing group work material in BSW or MSW practice courses. --Greg Tully, West Chester University

Edition details

• Publisher: Lyceum Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1935871331
• ISBN 13: 9781935871330
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 159