Gender and Groupwork

by Cohen,Marcia; Cohen,Marcia

• ISBN13: 9780415080569
• ISBN10: 0415080568
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Based on practice experience in both the UK and the US,Gender and Groupworkbrings together the best of groupwork knowledge, skills and values in a true transatlantic partnership. Often moving, and always engrossing, these accounts encompass groups for older women and those facing inequalities in health care. The book also describes innovative work with homeless people, caregivers, lesbian and gay youth, and particularly domestic violence, where groups are often the intervention of choice. Providing new ideas and new models to help move practice forward,Gender and Groupworkdemonstrates that thinking about gender can enrich the work of all groupwork practitioners and can make a real difference in people's lives.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(15)
Audrey Mullender
Marcia B. Cohen
Women's group development from a relational model and a new look at facilitator influence on group development	16	(16)
Linda Yael Schiller
Women in groups: the history of feminist empowerment	32	(9)
Marcia B. Cohen
Difference, collective action and women's groups: South Asian women in Britain	41	(12)
Ravi K. Thiara
Critical reflections on profeminist practice in men's groups	53	(13)
Bob Pease
Gender awareness and the role of the groupworker in programmes for domestic violence perpetrators	66	(14)
Neil Blacklock
Developing the capacity to address social context issues: group treatment with African American men who batter	80	(13)
Oliver J. Williams
Gendering work with children and youth: groups for child witnesses of woman abuse	93	(14)
Susan Loosley
Audrey Mullender
Genderbending: reflections on group work with queer youth	107	(9)
Kate Delois
Women First: a self-directed group for women with and without learning disabilities -- our experiences 1990--99 The Members of Women First	116	(16)
Intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in groupwork	132	(12)
Edith A. Lewis
Lorraine M. Gutierrez
From support to empowerment: caregiver connections	144	(10)
Betsey Gray
Tara C. Healy
Challenges and issues facing older women: potential role for empowerment-oriented groups	154	(11)
Alberta Dooley
Enid Opal Cox
Grouping together for equality in physical health	165	(12)
Eileen Mcleod
Feminist group work and homelessness	177	(15)
David E. Pollio
Tonya Edmond
Conclusion: where does this leave us?	192	(17)
Audrey Mullender
Index	209