Becoming an Insider: Narrative Therapy Groups Alongside People Overcoming Homelessness

Baumgartner, Barbara; Williams, Brian

doi:10.1521/jsyt.2014.33.4.1

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“…An embedded mixedmethod design (Delport & Fouche, 2011) was implemented with regard to the empirical investigation of group work. The qualitative paradigm or construction approach was combined with the quantitative approach because they have complementary strengths (Baumgartner & Williams, 2014;Delport & Fouche, 2011;Sarantakos, 2005;Silverman, 2008).…”

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An Empowerment Narrative Leadership Program for a Disadvantaged Community

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Strydom

2018

Research on Social Work Practice

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Purpose: This research is providing social workers with a deeper insight into the process of empowering people from disadvantaged communities with leadership abilities by applying a narrative approach in group work and to develop members’ individual potential within their social construction of leaders and leadership. Method: This research was undertaken following the developmental and utilization model of Grinnell with a combined qualitative and quantitative research approach. The research was performed from a postmodern and social constructivist paradigm and therefore relied more on the qualitative research perspective. Results: The research includes guidelines for a group work narrative leadership program. The impact of the social constructionist approach on the group members re-authors their narratives. Conclusions: Group work by means of the narrative approach in social work is recommended because it has become evident from this study that a richer description of the lives of people can be gained.

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“…In other countries, narrative therapy in group work has increased with corresponding successful outcomes (Baumgartner & Williams, 2014;Chang & Nylund, 2013;Hall, 2011;Jefferson & Harkins, 2011;Lopesa et al, 2014;Mertz, 2014;Ricks et al, 2014;Robinson et al, 2015;Toseland & Rivas, 2014).…”

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“…For example, there is already some evidence from the group therapy literature that creating group-relevant activities—a hallmark of identity impresarioship—might promote better attendance. Specifically, Baumgartner and Williams (2014) found that when group members shared lunch together before group therapy sessions this became a meaningful “ritual” that supported their session attendance: group members stated that there was an expectation that “if you come for food, [you] stay for group” (p. 6). This is the kind of activity that a group therapy facilitator could readily organize for group members but has rarely been seen as an important feature of group facilitation.…”

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A social identity approach to facilitating therapy groups.

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Cruwys,

Stevens

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Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

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Group therapy offers both an effective and cost-effective means to support mental health. Facilitators are key to the benefits that clients derive from group therapy. However, minimal research has examined how their effectiveness can be maximized. To address this limitation, we propose that group facilitators should be conceptualized as leaders, and that identity leadership theory provides a valuable framework for efforts to understand and increase their effectiveness. We introduce and review identity leadership theory and its evidence base, then propose three key pathways through which identity leadership can enable therapy facilitators to support improved treatment outcomes. Specifically, we argue that by engaging in identity leadership, facilitators can (a) improve clients’ attendance at therapy sessions, (b) create new, health-promoting norms and identities, and (c) foster stronger therapeutic relationships with and among group members.

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Toward an Aesthetics of Engagement

Sanders

2016

Poststructural and Narrative Thinking in Family Therapy

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Becoming an Insider: Narrative Therapy Groups Alongside People Overcoming Homelessness

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

An Empowerment Narrative Leadership Program for a Disadvantaged Community

An Empowerment Narrative Leadership Program for a Disadvantaged Community

A social identity approach to facilitating therapy groups.

Toward an Aesthetics of Engagement

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