ABSTRACT
In correctional rehabilitation, an increasing interest has been developing in experiential group approaches that are in keeping with the concepts of holistic rehabilitation. In holistic rehabilitation, a man is viewed as a complex being who is a creative thinking, feeling, and doing creature. The interrelatedness of these characteristics is an overriding concern in holistic understanding. Moreover, this interrelatedness is not only a concept that describes the individual’s intrapersonal self but also applies interpersonally as well. Since individuals are viewed as basically social beings, the process of holistic rehabilitation particularly focuses on social contexts such as group counseling. Thus, group counseling enhances the focus on both self-interrelatedness and other interrelatedness—a condition that increases the probabilities of productive self change.
This chapter, “A Holistic Group Approach to Offender Rehabilitation,” from L. Hippchen (Ed.), Holistic Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation, 1982. Courtesy of Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL.
