title: Moving to change: action groups in an out-patient setting.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Crispin Hospital, Northampton, U.K.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loftus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012919:Social Behavior; D012941:Social Responsibility