Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children

<p><i>Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children</i> presents a simple accessible and preventative approach to psychotherapeutic interventions.</p><p>The authors explore how this form of group work can strengthen resilience and prevent an increase in antisocial behavioural tendencies among children. Based on a process of shared meaning communication the book explains how professionals can help children to engage in in-group creative play and allow them to experience their self in relation to others. Castrechini-Franieck and Bittner draw on their experiences of working with children in groups supplemented with therapeutic elements from Gestalt therapy and ontological psychoanalysis. This approach helps children to achieve a stable state of emotional well-being while improving their behaviour at school along with their social skills.</p><p><i>Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children</i> will be a key reading for psychotherapists and other professionals working with vulnerable children including psychologists psychiatrists and social workers.</p>