Positive Dynamics: A Systemic Narrative Approach to Facilitating Groups

ISBN-13: 9781137430564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 152 str.

Margaret Henning

Opis

This is a practical manual for group facilitators, informed by extensive experience. Grounded in a firm psychological evidence base, it focuses on the concrete practicalities of how to make groups vehicles for success, whether in achieving therapy or self-development, in optimising team function or in achieving specific organisational tasks.

Spis treści

1. Why This Book? 2. Basics of Systemic Thinking and Groups as an Ecology of Minds 3. Narrative Theory and Some Basics of Human Communication for Optimal Group Dynamics 4. Group Development Over Time: Setting the Culture and Deepening the Engagement 5. Specific Process Problems and how to Solve Them 6. Putting it all Together: Some Sample Applications

O autorze

Margaret Henning is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Systemic and Family Psychotherapist, previously in the NHS, now in private practice. She has been engaged in various forms of group facilitation for over 25 years, and is passionate about the positive effects of attending to inter-personal dynamics in any group context.