An introduction to groupwork : a group-analytic perspective / Bill Barnes, Sheila Ernst and Keith Hyde.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Jeremy Holmes -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction - Looking at groups: what is a group-analytic approach? -- 2. The individual and the group - Group therapy from the individual's point of view: how can it help me, or my client/patient? -- 3. Growing a Group -- 4. What happens in a group? - The development of the group: illustrated with an account of the life of one group -- 5. Working in the group - Part 1: Negotiating the boundaries -- 6. Working in the group - Part 2: Intervention and interpretations; therapeutic activity -- 7. Differences in groups: homogeneity and heterogeneity -- 8. Working together - Applying an understanding of groups in the workplace -- 9. On Becoming a group therapist -- Glossary -- Bibliography.

"Building on the individual's personal experience of groups, starting in the family, the authors offer an account of why things happen as they do in groups, providing a basis for developing groupwork in a wide range of settings, rooted in an understanding of the interaction between individual and group processes. Particular attention is paid in the group-analytic approach to the social, cultural and institutional context within and outside the group. This book can be used both as a text for courses and to lead the therapist or group worker through the stages of establishing and conducting a group appropriate to the needs of the particular clients, residents or patients." --Publisher's website.