CONTENTSPart One: Groupwork in Context 1. Why groupwork? 2. Education and training for groupwork. 3. Power and oppression in groupwork. Part Two: Groupwork in Action. 4. The planning phase. 5. Offering groupwork. 6. The first session and the group agreement. 7. Action techniques in groups. 8. Interactional techniques in groups. 9. Individual behaviours in the group. 10. The individual and the group. 11. Co-working and leadership in groups. 12. Recording and evaluating groupwork. 12. Endings in groupwork. References. Index.
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This is an important new book that offers some useful insights into the use of groupwork in a wide variety of settings Described as a ""celebration of groupwork"", it seeks to challenge the idea that it is an outmoded method of social work intervention, with no value in the modern world- and it is very successful in doing so. It provides a clear and helpful analysis for both practitioners of groupwork and people seeking to teach groupwork as a practice tool. It is clearly written and well informed by an appropiate blend of theory, research and practice experience It also features the rather interesting- and helpful device- of including a number of pages that can be photocopied for training purposes without breaching copyright a very worth-while addition to the literature. I am sure it will be of great value to trainers, mainly as a text that can be used to facilitate groupwork training. However, it also has much to offer as a general aid to understanding the intricacies of group interaction in a training context, and should therefore be a valuable and important resource for trainers.