ABSTRACT
Creative groupwork is a phrase that I use to describe the means by which a worker creates the psychological space necessary for the range of possibilities inherent in his vision of the group to emerge, and intervenes in a way which affirms members and facilitates the achievement of the group purpose. Here are some examples of what might be termed creative groupwork:
If you consider this list it is clear that there are three major skills which the group worker uses to engage the group with imagination and sympathy: • Use of self as a model or exemplar. • Perceiving what is happening in the group and aligning with, or
encouraging certain values, norms, behaviours. • Providing structure and experiential work which will foster and
train desirable behaviour and attitudes. These skills are not new to us. In the last few chapters we have looked in detail at how you may use these practice behaviours or some combination of them in different situations. Now I want to consider them in relation to four activities that you are most likely to need to develop in your work with groups.
