Feminist groupwork / Sandra Butler and Claire Wintram.

The purpose, practice and outcomes of groupwork with women are presented in this volume, drawing on the involvement of the authors in establishing and running community based women's groups.

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Main Author: Butler, Sandra, 1938-
Other Authors: Wintram, Claire
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Newbury Park : Sage Publications, 1991.
Series:Gender and psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The way In the feminist sphere of influence
  • Understanding women's lives: The philosophy and principles of feminism
  • Framing groupwork and identity
  • Framing process within feminist theory
  • Mapping out the ground: The countours of planning and preparation
  • Planning and preparation
  • Structuring the group programme
  • Women Making Choices: Groupwork revisited
  • Group activities within individual sessions
  • The fluidity of theory and method
  • The concept of community education
  • Group transformation: The dynamic process of change
  • Structural relationships
  • Development of group identity
  • Group identity and women's friendship development
  • Going full circle: Group transformation
  • Women's groups as windows into the self
  • Self-definition
  • Identity processes
  • Identity change
  • Identity and action: Anger as a motivating force
  • Making Connections: The broader context
  • Social identity, change and the social context
  • Women as professional workers
  • Loss and empowerment
  • Connecting strands: Women's groups past, present and future.