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In our society, medication is often seen as the treatment for
severe mental illness, with psychotherapy a secondary treatment.
However, quality social interaction may be as important for the
recovery of those with severe mental illness as are treatments.
This volume makes this point while describing the emotionally
moving lives of eight individuals with severe mental illness as
they exist in the U.S. mental health system. Offering social and
psychological insight into their experiences, these stories
demonstrate how patients can create meaningful lives in the face of
great difficulties. Based on in-depth interviews with clients with
severe mental illness, this volume explores which structures of
interaction encourage growth for people with severe mental illness,
and which trigger psychological damage. It considers the clients'
relationships with friends, family, peers, spouses, lovers,
co-workers, mental health professionals, institutions, the
community, and the society as a whole. It focuses specifically on
how structures of social interaction can promote or harm
psychological growth, and how interaction dynamics affect the
psychological well-being of individuals with severe mental illness.
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of
individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing
percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which
incapacitate them and may leave them unemployed, lonely, isolated
and untreated. In recent years, there has been a movement away from
therapy, and a heightened emphasis on medicalization. This book
argues that medication alone does not take away the deep emotional
pain of feeling isolated and lonely, and considers the modification
of the client's social relationships as a critical ingredient in
any treatment. Group Therapy for Adults with Severe Mental Illness
explores a non-traditional application of treatment known as the
group-as-a-whole model. This approach to group work derives from
the Tavistock tradition, in which emphasis on the whole group
versus any specific member makes the group a safe place to risk
sharing and confronting painful issues. This text highlights the
efficacy of utilizing this model in the treatment of severely
mentally ill consumers in various settings including jails, nursing
homes and group homes. Included in the book: -case studies using
the Tavistock method -the power of group-as-a-whole work in
educating mental health professionals and graduate students -the
use of the model to enhance creative expression in the arts -the
use of the model to understand larger social systems This text will
be of value to mental health professionals, researchers and
educators interested in the treatment of severely mentally ill
populations in institutional settings, and individuals with a
specific interest in group psychotherapy.
In our society, medication is often seen as the treatment for
severe mental illness, with psychotherapy a secondary treatment.
However, quality social interaction may be as important for the
recovery of those with severe mental illness as are treatments.
This volume makes this point while describing the emotionally
moving lives of eight individuals with severe mental illness as
they exist in the U.S. mental health system. Offering social and
psychological insight into their experiences, these stories
demonstrate how patients can create meaningful lives in the face of
great difficulties. Based on in-depth interviews with clients with
severe mental illness, this volume explores which structures of
interaction encourage growth for people with severe mental illness,
and which trigger psychological damage. It considers the clients'
relationships with friends, family, peers, spouses, lovers,
co-workers, mental health professionals, institutions, the
community, and the society as a whole. It focuses specifically on
how structures of social interaction can promote or harm
psychological growth, and how interaction dynamics affect the
psychological well-being of individuals with severe mental illness.
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of
individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing
percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which
incapacitate them and may leave them unemployed, lonely, isolated
and untreated. In recent years, there has been a movement away from
therapy, and a heightened emphasis on medicalization. This book
argues that medication alone does not take away the deep emotional
pain of feeling isolated and lonely, and considers the modification
of the client's social relationships as a critical ingredient in
any treatment. Group Therapy for Adults with Severe Mental Illness
explores a non-traditional application of treatment known as the
group-as-a-whole model. This approach to group work derives from
the Tavistock tradition, in which emphasis on the whole group
versus any specific member makes the group a safe place to risk
sharing and confronting painful issues. This text highlights the
efficacy of utilizing this model in the treatment of severely
mentally ill consumers in various settings including jails, nursing
homes and group homes. Included in the book: -case studies using
the Tavistock method -the power of group-as-a-whole work in
educating mental health professionals and graduate students -the
use of the model to enhance creative expression in the arts -the
use of the model to understand larger social systems This text will
be of value to mental health professionals, researchers and
educators interested in the treatment of severely mentally ill
populations in institutional settings, and individuals with a
specific interest in group psychotherapy.
In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the
Traditional Frame, the authors attempt to expand the heuristic,
theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by
pairing classical Group Relations concepts with typically
non-Tavistock psychology paradigms and social sciences concepts.
Under the broad domain of psychologically-informed constructs,
Lacanian psychoanalysis, existential philosophy and bioenergetics
are applied. Under a somewhat broader range of social science
conceptualization, the capacity for abstraction is linked with
anti-work in groups, the large group is re-imagined as an extension
of community dynamics and dysfunction, and the role of symbol
systems, symbology and semiotics are examined in relation to
sophisticated work groups. Lastly, non-Tavistock models of group
development and conceptualization are re-interpreted and explained
using a group-as-a-whole framework.
In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the
Traditional Frame, the authors attempt to expand the heuristic,
theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by
pairing classical Group Relations concepts with typically
non-Tavistock psychology paradigms and social sciences concepts.
Under the broad domain of psychologically-informed constructs,
Lacanian psychoanalysis, existential philosophy and bioenergetics
are applied. Under a somewhat broader range of social science
conceptualization, the capacity for abstraction is linked with
anti-work in groups, the large group is re-imagined as an extension
of community dynamics and dysfunction, and the role of symbol
systems, symbology and semiotics are examined in relation to
sophisticated work groups. Lastly, non-Tavistock models of group
development and conceptualization are re-interpreted and explained
using a group-as-a-whole framework.
Frequently, in the course of body-work (massage, physical therapy,
exercise, naprapathy)individuals have emotional reactions that can
be, at first blush, quite mystifying. This book helps provide
explanations to these reactions and offers ideas to body-workers on
how to work with these situations to the best effect.
The concept of alterity is fundamental to all psychological
theories. Most of these theories operate as if this concept is well
understood and quite stable. This book challenegs that notion by
examining ideas about alterity in several different fields. It also
offers an organizing template for the concept utilizing ideas from
Lacan, Levinas and Dabrowski.
Dante, Piers and Bunyan, all wanderers on the streets of Chicago.
Their lives will be transformed by an encounter with the beautiful
Rosalinda.
This book draws together the many complex threads that weave
together to make a family. Step by step the reader is taken through
systems theory, developmental theory, cultural and
intergenerational influences. The book is packed with activities
and case studies to give the reader a "hands on" experience of each
of these approaches.
This book examines unconscious processes in groups. So frequently
groups have a stated purpose that is undermined or compromised by
covert processes operating outside the awareness of group members.
This book shows how to identify these unconscious
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