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Group Psychotherapy for People with Chronic Mental Illness by Stone, Walter N. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Group Psychotherapy for People with Chronic Mental Illness about?

xi, 220 pages ; 24 cm "Providing a cost-effective treatment model that is respectful of patients' needs, their strengths, and their limitations, this volume presents the first dynamic and coherent approach to group treatment for people with chronic mental illness. By structuring members' variable attendance, the flexibly bound model, which utilizes group dynamic principles to maximize therapeutic opportunities, respects the actual behavior of many chronically ill persons, making this treatment format available to a broad portion of this population." "The author focuses on the impact and opportunities of group treatment to help members overcome inhibitions in expressing their needs, asserting themselves, and managing the inevitable hurts and disappointments in their relationships. The group functions as a transition point from which members can learn new ways of interacting and then apply them in their everyday lives." "Illustrated with numerous case vignettes, the book outlines the elements of supportive treatment and therapeutic goals and then describes in detail specific strategies and interventions. Special elements related to problems of attendance, core and peripheral members,

Author

Stone, Walter N.

Publisher

The Guilford Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781572300767

Subjects

Medical, Medicine