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A Handbook of Contemporary Group Work Practice: Promoting Resilience and Empowerment in a Complex World

A Handbook of Contemporary Group Work Practice: Promoting Resilience and Empowerment in a Complex World


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A Handbook of Contemporary Group Work Practice is for both students and practitioners in social work, counselling, psychology, and all other helping professions. Whether readers are new to the modality or experienced group leaders, they can read a chapter and immediately appreciate the benefits group membership provides to the identified population and understand how to help group members achieve their collective goals. Many authors include case examples that provide readers with a window into how the group they describe functions in practice. Authors also include online resources that will help readers replicate the group in their practice setting. The handbook is organized into four sections. Part I provides readers with a straightforward introduction to group work practice, its foundation in mutual aid, and the core skills needed to promote members' collaborative efforts. This includes a discussion of what it means to adopt a trauma-informed lens in group work practice. In Parts II, III, and IV, contributors describe the groups they have facilitated. For ease of reading, authors adhere to a similar format that includes descriptions of the client population, rationale for and structure of the group, common themes, intervention skills and strategies, caveats, and termination and evaluation. Carolyn Knight and Geoffrey L. Greif distinguish three broad types of groups based upon the primary focus of members' collective efforts; in reality, many groups include elements one, two, or all three types. Parts II and III describe groups that promote resilience and growth in response to challenging life transitions and trauma exposure. Part IV includes groups that challenge systemic marginalization and inequality. The emphasis in all the groups is the importance of empowerment, at both the individual and community levels, respect for diversity, and an emphasis on inclusion and equity at the micro (group) and macro (systemic) levels.

Table of Contents:
PART I Contemporary Group Work Practice: Empowering Members through Fostering Mutual Aid Chapter 1 Group work practice: An overview Carolyn Knight Chapter 2 Phases of work and associated skills and tasks in group work practice Carolyn Knight Chapter 3 Promoting resilience and growth in group work practice: Core principles and considerations Carolyn Knight & Geoff Greif Chapter 4 A dozen "musts" students and practitioners new to the modality should know before they start their group work experience. Geoff Greif & Carolyn Knight PART II Groups that Promote Resilience and Growth in Response to Challenging Life Transitions Chapter 5 Group work with individuals experiencing first-episode schizophrenia Rachel Miller & Susan Mason Chapter 6 Online group work with young women with breast cancer Erin Nau Chapter 7 Group work with adults with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders Francis Bartomoleo Chapter 8 Group work with individuals who are incarcerated Jane Stuthmann Chapter 9 Group work with fathers who are incarcerated or in residential treatment Geoffrey Greif Chapter 10 Group work in a shelter with parents experiencing homelessness Carolyn Knight Chapter 11 Group work with Asian and Asian-American family caregivers of individuals with dementia Youjung Lee & Kelley Cook Chapter 12 Mindfulness based forgiveness group for older adults Mariko Foulk, Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, & James T. Fitzgerald Chapter 13 Group work with older adults grieving loss Donna Kane & Geoffrey Greif PART III Groups that Promote Resilience and Growth in Response to Trauma Exposure Chapter 14 Group Work with Children who have Experienced Abuse Betsy Offermann, Monica Beltran, Cynthia Rollo, and Sara Davis Chapter 15 Group work with children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and loss Diana Coholic Chapter 16 Group work with children and adolescents exposed to community violence and traumatic loss Alison Salloum & Mia White Chapter 17 Experiential group work with adult survivors of relational trauma and childhood sexual abuse Scott Giacomucci & Haydn Briggs Chapter 18 Group Work with Survivors of Sex Trafficking Dominique Roe Sepowitz & Ezequiel Y. Dominguez Chapter 19 Developing a Safe Space: Group Work with Women Survivors of Interpersonal Violence Sari Skolnik & Louise Skolnik Chapter 20 Violence Prevention Group for Men who have been Targets of Community Violence David Ross Chapter 21 Group Work with Combat Veterans: Vietnam through the Persian Gulf Era Tracey L. Waite, Julie A. Ellis, & Joanne M. Boyle PART IV Groups that Challenge Systemic Inequality and Marginalization Chapter 22 The Rainbow Club: Group Work with Elementary School LGBTQ+ Students and Allies Alissa Greif Ovadia, Jennifer Baum, Ellen Mills, Lauren Stewart, & Christin Wheeler Chapter 23 Group Work with Boys and Young Men of Color: Building a Brotherhood for Collective Healing and Social change Jon Gilgoff, Francisco J. Alvarado Rosas, & Haydn Griffith Chapter 24 The Invincible Black Women Group: Empowering Black College Women Martinique Jones, Brandi Pritchett-Johnson, Gabriella Gaskin-Cole, & Janay Christian Chapter 25 Place-based Group Work: Building and Strengthening Communities Dr. Megan Meyer & Jonalyn Denlinger Chapter 26 Group Work to Promote Leadership Among Undocumented Immigrant Latinas Dr. Alexandra Piñeros-Shields

About the Author :
Caroylyn Knight, PhD, MSW is a social worker with more than thirty years of experience facilitating groups for a range of client populations including adult survivors of childhood trauma, children grieving the loss of a loved one, and parents experiencing homelessness. Dr. Knight also has more than thirty years of experience teaching group work practice in the generalist/foundation social work curriculum and has presented many workshops and trainings on the modality to professional practitioners. Geoffrey L. Greif, PhD is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and the author of over 175 articles and book chapters and the author/editor of 16 books. He has over 40 years' experience leading and writing about groups with diverse populations from children and parents in the public schools to men in the criminal legal system. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780197657928
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 567 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0197657923
  • Publisher Date: 23 Apr 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Promoting Resilience and Empowerment in a Complex World
  • Width: 152 mm


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