Positive Dynamics: A Systemic Narrative Approach to Facilitating Groups

This is a practical manual for group facilitators, informed by extensive experience. Grounded in a firm psychological evidence base, it focuses on the concrete practicalities of how to make groups vehicles for success, whether in achieving therapy or self-development, in optimising team function or in achieving specific organisational tasks.

Contents:

1. Why This Book? 2. Basics of Systemic Thinking and Groups as an Ecology of Minds 3. Narrative Theory and Some Basics of Human Communication for Optimal Group Dynamics 4. Group Development Over Time: Setting the Culture and Deepening the Engagement 5. Specific Process Problems and how to Solve Them 6. Putting it all Together: Some Sample Applications