Crossing Boundaries and Developing Alliances Through Group Work

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 ReunificationPartners 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