Creative Advances in Groupwork

by Chesner, Anna

• ISBN13: 9781853029530
• ISBN10: 185302953X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

Groupwork is a constantly evolving area, and the authors of this book seek to encourage, inspire and lure practitioners into thinking new thoughts and developing new methods. A range of experienced and respected group workers explore developments in their specific fields of practice, moving from well-established approaches towards newer ideas. Subjects covered include experiential groups, merging and splitting, group therapy and planetary awareness, social dreaming, playback theatre and sociodrama. The authors show how group-analytic concepts can be creatively drawn on in the context of, for instance, business practice or inter-European relationships. Running through the book are themes such as the sustainability of working from traditional theory in an ethos of continuous change, and the development of theory and practice across internally or externally constructed boundaries. Developed by means of a group dialogue process between the contributors, this exciting and challenging book reflects the way in which groupwork is changing and moving beyond orthodoxy, and will inspire practitioners in this field. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(7)
Herb Hahn
Anna Chesner
Working with Trainees in Experiential Groups	14	(26)
Amelie Noack
Playback Theatre and Group Communication	40	(27)
Anna Chesner
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A Jungian Approach to Social Dreaming	67	(18)
Peter Tatham
Helping the Helpers	85	(24)
Herb Hahn
Working with Words	109	(22)
Angela Eden
A Sociodramatist Goes to Work	131	(28)
Ron Wiener
Group Merging and Splitting: The Case of Europe and the Quest for Identity	159	(27)
Antonio L. S. Fazio
Reconnecting with our World	186	(31)
Chris Johnstone
Contributors	217	(1)
Author Index	218	(2)
Subject Index	220