Working More Creatively with Groups [Hardcover]

1.Working with individuals in a group or Groupwork?? 2.How to plan the group.? 3.Setting up and Leading the group.? 4.Why we make agreements and contracts with the group.? 5.An introduction to group dynamics and process.? 6.Work at the beginning stages of the group.? 7.Work at the middle stages of the group.? 8.Work at the later stages of the group.? 9.Work at the ending stage of the group.? 10.The foundations of creative groupwork.? 11.The skills of creative groupwork.? 12.The techniques of creative groupwork.? 13.Working more intensively with groups.? 14.Working more synthetically with the group.? 15.Working with different types of groups.? 16.How to set up and run a reflective practice group.? 17.Setting up and running a supervisory group.? 18.Why some groups dont work and what you might do about it.? 19.Keeping your practice going.

In this classic text Jarlath Benson presents the basic and essential knowledge required to set up and work with a group. As well as covering the different stages in the life of a group, the book emphasizes the various levels of group experience and gives suggestions for working more creatively with them.

Jarlath Benson is a psychotherapist working in private practice in Belfast and London for the past 40 years.

In this classic text, Jarlath Benson presents the basic and essential knowledge required to set up and work with a group. He looks at how to plan and lead a group successfully and how to intervene skilfully. As well as covering the different stages in the life of a group, this book emphasises the various levels of group experience and gives suggestions for working more creatively with them.

For this new edition, the author has added two new chapters reflecting how his own thinking and practice have developed since the book was first published. In the first chapter, he presents a clear systemic context for using groupwork in proflS