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Narrative Group Therapy with the Seriously Mentally Ill: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Vassallo Tony
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0814-723x.1998.00046.x
Subject(s) - narrative , documentation , session (web analytics) , psychology , set (abstract data type) , group psychotherapy , project commissioning , mentally ill , group (periodic table) , psychotherapist , group home , mental illness , publishing , mental health , psychiatry , computer science , political science , world wide web , art , law , chemistry , literature , organic chemistry , programming language
This paper describes a process set up to facilitate a group of people living with a serious mental illness. The group was based on Anthony's notions of recovery, and incorporated a narrative approach, while remaining consistent with Northen's groupwork model. Particular attention is paid to the preplanning and initial session of the group, to the use of letters and to the incorporation of a reflective team approach. Documentation of the discoveries made by the group members during its life is included in full.