The Group Context

This introductory book describes the complex ideas integral to group work in a clear and accessible way so as to make them available to a wide readership. Sheila Thompson provides ways to understand the group process and then shows how that understanding can be applied both inside and outside purely therapeutic settings.

List of contents

1. Thinking in Context. 2. A Group and its Processes. 3. Questions and Concepts. 4. The Quest for Change. 5. Psychotherapy in Groups. 6. Counselling in Groups. 7. Education in Groups. 8. Larger Groups. 9. The Family Context: Understandings. 10. The Family Context: Interventions. 11. Comparisons and Contrasts. 12. The Individual in the Group Context: A Case. 13. Professional Choices. 14. In Conclusion. Index.

About the author

Sheila Thompson qualified as a psychiatric social worker in 1955 and worked in child and adult psychiatry, community mental health, with offenders and in terminal care. She lived for some years in Kenya where she worked with refugees, and in New York where she studied hospice care and family therapy. She was a member of the Group-Analytic Society, and was most recently a tutor in group psychotherapy at Goldsmiths College.

Summary

This introductory book describes the complex ideas integral to group work in a clear and accessible way so as to make them available to a wide readership. Sheila Thompson provides ways to understand the group process and then shows how that understanding can be applied both inside and outside purely therapeutic settings.

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Thompson
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9781853026577
• ISBN: 978-1-85302-657-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 356 g
• Series: International Library of Group; International Library of Group Analysis; International Library of Group
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology