Crossing Boundaries and Developing Alliances Through Group Work

Abstract

* About the Editors * Contributors * Acknowledgments * Introduction. Beyond Our Frontiers: The Development of Alliances Through Group Work (Jocelyn Lindsay, Daniel Turcotte, and Estelle Hopmeyer) * Chapter 1. Towards an International Development of Group Work: Establishing Cultural and Linguistic Border Crossings * Introduction * Internationalizing Group Work * Arriving at the Group Work Frontier * The Cross-National Encounter * From the Inter to the Trans-Cultural * Chapter 2. Crossing Boundaries: Group Work with Persons with AIDS in Early Recovery from Substance Abuse * Literature Review * The Work * The Authority Theme * The Intimacy Theme: Helping Yourself by Helping Others * Conclusion * Chapter 3. Where Has Real Group Work Gone? Reasserting the Fundamentals * What Has Happened to Group Work? * How Should We Respond? * Chapter 4. Group Field Consulting: Building a Learning Community * Introduction * Development of Supervision and Field Instruction in Social Work * The Group Field-Consulting Model * Conclusions * Appendix: Field-Consulting Methodology and Outcomes * Chapter 5. Night of the Tortured Souls: Integration of Group Therapy and Mutual Aid for Treated Male Sex Offenders * Integrating Continued Therapy with Supervised Mutual Aid * A Philosophy of Treating and Supporting the Treated * Group Practice in Integrating Therapy and Mutual Aid with Treated Sex Offenders * Conclusion * Chapter 6. Pushing the Boundary and Coming Full Circle: A Contemporary Role for Social Group Work in Service Education * Literature Review * The Field Placement * Effects of the Group Work Intervention * Future Directions * Appendix: Levels of Transcendence Identified in Group Interaction * Chapter 7. The Use of Teleconferencing Focus Groups with Families Involved in Organ Donation: Dealing with Sensitive Topics * Why Teleconferencing Focus Groups * Dealing with Sensitive Topics * Reactivity in the Screener Questionnaire * Motivation of the Participants * Moderators' Self-Disclosure and Credibility * Group Members' Self-Disclosure * Normalisation of Emotions * Legitimization of Participant's Comments * Building on Preparation and Beginning the Focus Group * Conclusion * Chapter 8. Using Groups for Research and Action: The Asian Mothers' Support Project * The North Campus Outreach Project * A Program and A Process for Change * Programming * Survey and Program Data * Results * Synergy Through Groups * Summary * Chapter 9. Families for Reunification: A Mediating Group Model for Birth Parent Self-Assessment * Partners in Plan * Program Development * Program Design * Analysis * Conclusion * Appendix: Families for Reunification--Partners in the Plan, Final Assessment * Chapter 10. Efficacy of Group Interventions with Seriously Mentally Ill Parents: A Literature Review * Introduction * Definition of a Group * The Population * Seriously Mentally Ill Parents and Group Intervention * Implications * Conclusion * Chapter 11. Post-Legal Adoption Treatment Groups: Intervening with Families Who Experience Failed Adoptions * Introduction * Adoption Disruption/Dissolution: Definitions and Overview * Demographics of the Population Studied * The Importance of Post-Legal Adoption Intervention * Group Services * Program Design * Curriculum * Outcome and Follow-Up * Conclusions * Index * Reference Notes Included

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