Groups for individuals with traumatic histories: practice considerations for social workers.
Based on the notion of mutual aid, a conceptual framework for understanding how membership in a group benefits survivors of trauma is presented. Incorporating current research and theory, this article discusses distinguishing features of these groups, as well as professional challenges social workers are likely to face in facilitating them.
Knight
Carolyn
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School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. knight@umbc.edu
D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012947:Social Work; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014481:United States