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Self-help groups have encountered fierce criticism as places where individuals join to share personal problems and participate in therapeutic intervention without the aid of skilled professionals. These groups that professionals. These groups have flourished since the 1970s and continue to serve more people than professional therapists. <p>Yet these groups have been criticized for fostering a culture of whiners and victims, and for not providing professional help as needed. Thomasina Jo Borkman's careful analysis of the group's working debunks this assessment. She also examines the reasons for the enduring popularity of these groups since the 1960s by interviewing participants and organizers.</p> <p> <i>Understanding Self-Help/Mutual Aid</i> is the first book to describe three stages of individual and group evolution as part of the organizational structure, and reconceptualizes participants' interactions with professionals. The groups as a whole, Borkman posits, draw of the life experiences of their members to foster nurturing, support, and transformation within a "circle of sharing". As Borkman seeks to demonstrate, groups create more positive and less stigmatizing "meaning perspe

Author

Borkman, Thomasina Jo

Publisher

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813569291

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Social Science