Self-help and support groups: a handbook for practitioners
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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| Summary: | 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 Farris Kurtz informs students and practitioners in the human services about the concepts, theories, and research involving self-help and support groups. She provides practical advice and direction to professionals for working with these groups while analyzing self-help/support organizations on three different levels - in terms of the groups themselves, the groups' members, and the practitioner's interaction with the groups. In addition, this comprehensive volume discusses the most prominent representative associations as examples of different types of groups, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovery, Inc., National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the Alzheimer's Association It also examines the rise of telephone and on-line self-help, considering the advantages, and disadvantages of this style of group interaction. As an added bonus, each chapter includes exercises and discussion questions |
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Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvi
Part 1: The Group 1
1. Introduction 3
What Are Self Help and Support Groups? 3
Definitions 3
Differences Between Self Help, Support,
and Psychotherapy Groups 5
Organizational Typologies 7
Sources of Confusion 9
A New Self Help Paradigm 10
The Self Help Ethos 11
Prevalence of Self Help and Support Groups 12
Research on Self Help and Support Groups 13
Current Research 13
Theoretical Understanding of Self Help and
Support Groups 14
Summary 15
Discussion Questions 16
Classroom Exercise 16
Assignment 16
2. Helping Characteristics and Change Mechanisms in
Self Help and Support Groups 17
Therapeutic Factors in Psychotherapy Groups 17
Therapeutic Factors in Self Help and Support Groups 18
Yalom s Factors in Self Help and Support Groups 18
Helping Factors Common to Both
Self Help and Support Groups 21
Change Mechanisms in Self Help Groups 24
Unhelpful Characteristics in Groups 30
Implications for Practitioners 31
For Support Group Facilitators 31
Linking With Self Help Groups 33
Summary 34
Discussion Questions 34
Classroom Exercise 34
Assignment 34
Observations of Therapeutic Factors
in Self Help Groups 35
3. Ideology, Climate, Structure, and Professionalization
in Self Help and Support Groups 36
Ideologies and Worldviews 36
Ideologies as Cognitive Antidotes 37
Ideology as a Template 38
Worldviews 38
Social Climate in Self Help and Support Groups 39
Subscales of the GES 41
Uses of the GES 41
Organizational Structure 43
Organizational Hierarchy 43
Evolution to Bureaucracy 44
Professionalization 46
Professionals as Leaders 47
The Iron Law of Oligarchy 48
Implications For Practitioners 48
Summary 50
Discussion Question 51
Classroom Exercises 51
Assignment 52
Resource 53
Part 2: The Member 55
4. Beginning Participation 57
Characteristics of Affiliators 58
Demographic Characteristics 59
Problem Seriousness 59
Personal Philosophy 60
Size of Support System 60
Need for Affiliation and Discomfort in Groups 61
Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Group Fit 61
People of Color in Self Help Groups 61
Women in Self Help Groups 62
Sexual Orientation 63
The Concept of Group Fit 64
Stages of Change Readiness 65
Stages of Affiliation 67
The First Stage of Affiliation: Deciding 67
The Second Stage of Affiliation: First Meeting 67
The Third Stage of Affiliation: Commitment 68
The Fourth Stage of Affiliation: Taking Action 69
The Final Stage of Affiliation: Helping Others 69
The Social World Perspective 70
Implications For Practitioners 71
Summary 72
Discussion Question 73
Classroom Exercises 73
Assignment 73
Video Resources 74
5. Long Term Participation 76
Readiness and Long Term Participation 77
Self Liberation 77
Countering 78
Environment Control 78
Rewards 78
Helping Relationships 79
Themes of Affiliation 80
Commitment To Regular Attendance 80
Acceptance of the Problem 80
Identity Transformation 81
Dyadic Relationships 81
Helping Others 82
Members in Leadership Roles 84
Pathways to Leadership 84
Variations of Leadership 85
Burnout 86
Termination of Long Term Involvement 86
Implications for Practitioners 87
Summary 89
Discussion Question 89
Classroom Exercises 89
Assignments 90
Part 3: The Practitioner 91
6. Professional Roles in Support Groups 93
Starting a Group 94
Size of the Group 94
Establishing Membership Criteria 95
Meeting Places 96
Recruiting Members 96
Leadership 97
Facilitating the Group 98
Meeting Format 98
Length and Frequency of Meetings 99
Communication Pattern 99
Goals for Facilitation 100
Group Facilitation Skills 102
Stages of Group Development 102
Withdrawing From Leadership 103
The Consultant Role 103
Problems Encountered in Support Groups 105
Summary 110
Discussion Questions 110
Classroom Exercises 110
Assignment 111
7. Professional Relationships With Self Help Groups 112
Research on Professional Relationships 113
Attitudes 114
Lack of Information 114
Professional Roles 115
Practitioner/Self Help Relationships in
Other Countries 115
The Linker Role 116
Balance Theory 116
Linking Practices 117
Initiating Self Help Groups 120
Recovery, Inc. 121
Alcoholics Anonymous 121
Founding Chapters of Existing Organizations 122
The Role of Self Help Clearinghouses 122
Research on Self Help Groups 123
Outcome Evaluation 124
Research On Self Help Groups as Systems 125
Participatory Action Research 127
Summary 128
Discussion Questions 130
Classroom Exercise 130
Assignments 131
Resources 131
Part 4: Representative Groups 133
8. Twelve Step Programs 135
History of Twelve Step Fellowships 136
How Alcoholics Anonymous Began 136
Proliferation of Twelve Step Fellowships 137
The Twelve Step Program 138
Defining the Problem 138
The Twelve Steps 139
The Twelve Traditions 140
Adapting A A 141
Membership 142
Research On Twelve Step Fellowships 144
Studies of AA 145
Research On Other Twelve Step Groups 147
Implications For Practitioners 149
Summary and Conclusion 151
Assignment 152
9. Other Change Oriented Associations 153
Recovery, Inc.: A Program of Will Training 154
History of Recovery, Inc. 154
Program: Will Training 155
Members 156
Research on Recovery, Inc. 157
Parents Anonymous 158
History of Parents Anonymous 158
Parents Anonymous Program 159
PA Members 160
Research on Parents Anonymous 160
Implications for Practitioners 162
Summary 162
Classroom Exercise 164
10. Supportive Educational Groups 165
The National Alliance for the Mentally 111 166
History of NAMI 167
Program 168
Members 168
Research on NAMI 169
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation 170
History of Candlelighters 170
Program 171
Members 171
Research on Candlelighters 172
The Alzheimer s Disease and Related Disorders
Association (ADRDA) 173
History of the Alzheimer s Association 174
Support Group Program 175
Members 176
Research on the ADRDA 176
The Compassionate Friends 177
History of the Compassionate Friends 178
Program 178
Members 180
Research on the Compassionate Friends 181
Implications for Practitioners 181
Summary 182
Discussion Question 182
Classroom Exercise 182
11. Telephone Support and On Line Self Help 183
Telephone Support Groups 183
Mechanics of Conference Calling 184
Group Composition 185
Structure and Content 185
Problems and Special Issues 186
On Line Groups 186
Types of On Line Groups and Access 187
Accessing Existing Self Help Conferences 188
Participating in Groups in Progress 189
Protocols and Customs of On Line Groups 191
Advantages Of and Dangers In On Line Self Help 192
Implications for Practitioners 194
Conclusion 195
Discussion Question 195
Group Exercise 195
Assignments 196
Helpful Hints 196
Appendix: Self Help Clearinghouses 199
Arizona 199
Arkansas 199
California 199
Connecticut 199
Illinois 200
Indiana see Michigan 200
Iowa 200
Kansas 200
Massachusetts 200
Maryland see Washington, DC 200
Michigan 200
Missouri 201
Nebraska 201
New Hampshire 201
New Jersey 201
New York 201
North Carolina 201
North Dakota 201
Ohi° 202
Oregon 2Q2
Pennsylvania 202
South Carolina 2q2
Tennessee ..
TeXaS 2S2
utah m
Virginia see Washington, DC 203
Washington see Oregon 203
Washington, DC n.
National ™
Self Help Clearinghouses in Other Countries 204
Argentina
Australia f
Austria 204
Belgium 204
Canada *
Croatia f3
Denmark ; J
England 205
Germany
Hungary 205
Israel 205
Japan 205
Poland 205
Spain 205
Sweden 206
Switzerland 206
References
207
Index
223
About the Author
229
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