Self-help and support groups : a handbook for practitioners / Linda Farris Kurtz.
The first volume to address both self-help and support groups and provide a clear distinction between the two, Self-Help and Support Groups dispels misunderstandings and inaccurate assumptions about how they function, whom they attract, and how they help participants achieve goals. Author Linda Farr...
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
[1997]
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| Series: | Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ;
v. 34. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. The Group. 1. Introduction. 2. Helping Characteristics and Change Mechanisms in Self-Help and Support Groups. 3. Ideology, Climate, Structure, and Professionalization in Self-Help and Support Groups
- pt. 2. The Member. 4. Beginning Participation. 5. Long-Term Participation
- pt. 3. The Practitioner. 6. Professional Roles in Support Groups. 7. Professional Relationships With Self-Help Groups
- pt. 4. Representative Groups. 8. Twelve-Step Programs. 9. Other Change-Oriented Associations. 10. Supportive-Educational Groups. 11. Telephone Support and On-Line Self Help
- Appendix. Self-Help Clearinghouses.