Moving to change: action groups in an out-patient setting
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Published on: January 17, 2013
1Department of Psychology, St. Crispin Hospital, Northampton, U.K.
Abstract:
This paper presents an account of setting up and running an "Action Group" in an out-patient setting. The ideas and aims underlying "Action Groups" are presented through a contrast with Social Skills Training. The paper illustrates the way in which this "therapeutic philosophy" informs the details which are attended to in defining such a group's boundaries, procedure and purpose. A typical group session is described, and the paper seeks to illustrate how the therapeutic potency of such work is intimately related to the clarity of the group's boundaries and structure.
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