TY - BOOK AU - Steinberg,Dominique Moyse AU - Lyons,Eileen C. TI - Deconstructing group work for human service professionals: a skill-building handbook SN - 9781003002789 U1 - 361.4 23/eng/20220518 PY - 2023/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Social group work KW - Human services personnel KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work N2 - "Spotlighting the skills of social group work, this handbook offers practical guidance and theoretical knowledge enabling the reader to facilitate groups of varying types with increased clarity, purpose, and confidence. The reader is helped to understand what skill to employ, when, and why. New or veteran group facilitators are reminded to empower group members to both employ their strengths and engage in mutual aid - the fundamental value and methodology that underlies social group work. Specific skills help group members to coalesce as a cohesive group and optimize their capacity to reach their goals whether exploring therapeutic answers or accomplishing work tasks. Social work students and academics as well as students and professionals working in the fields of youth work, counselling, mental health/clinical social work, and related health subjects will find this book of interest"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003002789 ER -