Introduction to Group Work


Introduction to Group Work

Facilitated by Dr Ruth Rushton

27 June 2009

This workshop is an introduction to facilitating group-work. The day will cover practical considerations and consider theoretical understandings of group processes. There will be opportunities to gain group experience and explore challenging aspects of working with groups. The day aims to provide people new to group work with foundational knowlege and allow them to begin to explore the experience of working in groups.

 

 

DR RUTH RUSHTON

 

Dr Rushton is a Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and  has worked as a psychologist for more than twenty years. She has worked in a range of settings, with different client groups, including clients presenting with a range of mental health issues, substance misuse problems, people in prison (male and female, young and adult offenders), familes with young children, children with disabilities and work with traumatised people (e.g. assaults at work, car accidents, combat trauma). Dr Rushton works for the NHS and also for Action For Change, an Alcohol and Substance misuse service in Hastings, East Sussex.


Previous feedback comments

This is the first time we have organised this workshop