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Understanding and Using Groups

Brenda Vernelle


This work, by an experienced groupwork practitioner and lecturer, offers a general introduction to working with groups. The author covers:

  • group dynamics and the group process
  • the various groupwork methodologies such as transactional analysis, assertion and social skills training and Gestalt.
  • The use of groups in different kinds of health and social services agencies and in other settings
  • Common problems in group relationships


A list of organisations and full reading list are included.

The work has become a standard text for groupwork courses in all settings - nursing, education, mental health, counselling, social care and work and staff development work. It also offers a helpful reference tool for experienced groupworkers seeking to widen their understanding and areas of work.

Brenda Vernelle is a freelance groupwork consultant and trainer and a former Lecturer in Social Work at Huddersfield Polytechnic.

Title Information:

Series: First Groupwork Series
Categories: Groupwork, Human Services, Social Work
Imprint: Whiting & Birch Ltd
ISBN-10: 1 871177 60 X
ISBN-13: 978 1 871177 60 2

Edition: 1st
Format: Hardback
Published: May 1994
Dimensions: 216x140x17mm
Pages: 240pp
Publisher: Whiting & Birch Ltd
Also available in: Paperback

Price: GBP£ 35.00

Status: Available

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