Some critical differences between self-help and therapy groups

Riordan, Richard J.; Beggs, Marilyn S.

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“…It may also be helpful to assign "homework" or specific tasks for the client to conduct during upcoming group sessions. Although guidelines for referral to self-help groups exist (see, e.g., Riordan & Beggs, 1988), it seems prudent to offer here some specific guidelines as they pertain to career support groups. In addition to the suggestions just noted concerning a group's goals and their complementarity with the work being conducted by the career development professional, it seems wise to be sensitive to any resistance a client may have before, and especially during, their participation in a career support group.…”

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“…The ways these support groups can be used as effective adjuncts by counselors in their work with clients and the ways these groups differ from therapy groups have been well documented (Gladding, 1992;Riordan & Beggs, 1988;Yalom, 1995). Likewise, formalized, agency-directed group job search programs, starting with Job Club technology (Azrin & Besalel, 1980) and other state employment efforts (Weggman, Chapman, & Johnson, 1989) have been described.…”

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Job and Employee Support Groups: Past and Prologue

Kahnweiler

Riordan

1998

The Career Development Quart

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This article explores the nature and scope of support groups that focus on job and career issues. A review and analysis of such groups in single organizations, on the Internet, and in other venues is presented, as well as related writings drawn from both the support group and career development literature. Implications for career development practice and research are then offered. Although the purposes, structure, formats, and outcomes of these groups vary, when viewed collectively, they represent potentially helpful adjunctive support for clients who are receiving assistance from professional career counselors and developers.

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Job and Employee Support Groups: Past and Prologue

Kahnweiler

Riordan

1998

The Career Development Quart

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“…Still, patients or therapists who have reservations about being subjected to religious messages may want to search for a secular support group. Finally, practitioners need to be aware of the differences between self-help groups and therapy groups as pointed out by Riordan and Beggs (1988). Although these groups have been a source of help for many people, self-help groups are not for everyone.…”

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Job focused resources for psychotherapists and their patients.

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Kahnweiler²

1995

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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Patients often have career issues as part of their mental health concerns. Psychotherapists are familiar with these issues but may not stay current on specific job finding or enrichment opportunities for their patients. This article considers the questions of if and where patients should be referred for specific job help or for even more extensive career services. Descriptions and evaluations of typical providers of full range career services, support groups, business and industry job aids, and self-help materials are given. The authors conclude that the vast array of potential resources available in many communities, often at little or no cost, can be critical adjuncts to overall therapeutic treatment plans.Most psychotherapists probably have some training in vocational psychology even though that may not be their specialty or interest. The obvious reason such training is required by most programs is because of the inseparability of mental health and career issues. This means that with many if not most patients, psychotherapists will be addressing satisfaction with or satisfactoriness of work. Some patients will be unemployed, others underemployed, others unhappy with thenwork and still others may be suffering from acute job trauma or work adjustment problems (see Lowman (1993a) for an excellent treatment of

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“…Where there is power, there is resistance. Foucault, 1979:95 Alcoholics Anonymous has greatly informed the individual, social, and political landscape of the contemporary "selfhelp" (Riordan and Beggs, 1988;Kaskutas, 1994), or "mutual-aid" (Kropotkin, 1955;Makela, 1996) movement. Indeed, the discursive reach of AA has now found its way into everyday understandings of such issues as eating, sex, gambling, shopping, and dependency.…”

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Alcoholics Anonymous Discourse and Members' Resistance in a Virtual Community: Exploring Tensions between Theory and Practice

Kitchin¹

2002

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Alcoholics Anonymous has greatly informed the individual, social, and political landscape of the contemporary self-help or mutual-aid movement. There has emerged, in turn, a vast, though largely uncritical, body of research examining AA and its 12-step recovery model. A close look inside a virtual AA community, however, reveals that not all AA members embrace formal AA discourse. Through an examination of dialogue and discourse on a public Usenet newsgroup, this study demonstrates that in contrast to research that depicts AA program practices as necessarily harmonious, members' experiences of program wisdom are frequently negotiated and reassessed outside larger AA dicta. The data examined show that what becomes constituted as members' practice can be fraught with questions, tensions, and separations from conventional or ideal AA.

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Some critical differences between self-help and therapy groups

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Job and Employee Support Groups: Past and Prologue

Job and Employee Support Groups: Past and Prologue

Job focused resources for psychotherapists and their patients.

Alcoholics Anonymous Discourse and Members' Resistance in a Virtual Community: Exploring Tensions between Theory and Practice

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