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Self-Help and Support Groups: A Handbook for Practitioners

Self-Help and Support Groups: A Handbook for Practitioners

Hardcover

Series: Sage Sourcebooks for the Human Services, Book 34

Poverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0803970986
ISBN13: 9780803970984
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: Feb 4 1997
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The first volume to address both self-help and support groups, and to 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.

Linda Farris Kurtz informs practitioners and students in the human services about the concepts, theories and research relevant to self-help and support groups. She provides practical advice and direction for working with these groups while analyzing self-help//support organizations on three different levels in terms of: the groups themselves; the group members; and the practitioners' interactions with the groups. In addition, this compr

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