1st Edition

Support Groups Current Perspectives on Theory and Practice

By Janice H Schopler, Maeda J Galinsky Copyright 1995
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

Support Groups: Current Perspectives on Theory and Practice provides a framework for understanding and examining supportive group interventions. It provides descriptions of different kinds of support groups and alerts practitioners and educators to the factors they should consider in planning, implementing, and evaluating support group services. The book also offers guidance in using innovative... Read more
Contents Expanding Our View of Support Groups as Open Systems
  • Supportive Group Interventions With Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
  •  Evaluating Process, Outcome, and Satisfaction In Community-Based Cancer Support Groups
  •  Women With Postpartum Psychiatric Illness: A Professionally Facilitated Support Group
  •  The Unique Social Ecology of Groups: Findings From Groups for African Americans Affected by Sickle Cell Disease
  •  Making It Happen: From Great Idea to Successful Support Group Program
  •  My Partner Is Hurting: Group Work With Male Partners of Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
  •  A Support Group for Families of Armed Services Personnel in the Persian Gulf War
  • Telephone Support Groups for Caregivers of Persons With AIDS
  •  Computer-Based Self-Help Groups: A New Resource to Supplement Support Groups
  •  Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Janice H Schopler, Maeda J Galinsky