The Helping Group: Therapeutic Principles and Issues - Hardcover

Back cover: The Helping Group discusses the myriad forms of psychotherapy and quasi-therapy (self-help, support, consciousness raising, and growth) groups and how they function. It presents commonalities among types of groups, as well as differences in their techniques, their goals, and the clientele that each attracts. The book explores the hazard of group appraoches, the variable of froup dynamics and ambivalence about leader intervention, while developing awareness of therapeutic potency and providing examples of positive leader intervention strategies. ....