Occupational Group Therapy

Rosemary Crouch is an Adjunct Professor and a Research Mentor in the School of Therapeutic Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She has held various positions in the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA), and was appointed OTASA Representative on the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) for a total of nineteen years and Vice President of WFOT for four years. She has been awarded Honorary Life Fellowship. She has been an editor on all five editions of Occupational Therapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health, co-editor of Occupational Therapy: An African Perspective, and the author of numerous journal articles and publications.

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Preface
Foreword
Introduction
SECTION 1. THE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND.
Chapter 1. Frames of Reference Relevant to Occupational Group Therapy and Classification of Groups
1.1. Frames of reference
1.2. Classification of occupational group therapy. Defining the scope of occupational therapy according to the level of emotional intensity.
Chapter 2. Research in Occupational Group Therapy
Chapter 3. Models of Occupational Therapy Relevant to Occupational Group Therapy
3.1. The Functional group model.
3.2. The Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA)
3.3. The Canadian Model of Occupational Performance (CMOP)
3.4.. The Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)
Chapter 4. The Occupational Therapy Interactive Group Model (OTIGM)
Author: Louise Fouché
Chapter 5. Core Skills and Concepts
5.1. Trust
5.2. Defense mechanisms
5.3.Transference and countertransference
5.4. Group format and structure
5.5. Cultural considerations in group work
Chapter 6. Clinical Reasoning, Critical Thinking and Ethical Reasoning Relating to Occupational Group Therapy
6.1.Clinical reasoning.
6.2 Ethical reasoning considerations in leading a therapeutic group..
Chapter 7. Styles of Group Leadership and Co-leadership. Guidelines to Address the Differences Including Working with Other Professionals
Chapter 8. Trans-disciplinary Service Delivery
SECTION 2 THE PRACTICAL APPROACH TO OCCUPATIONAL GROUP THERAPY
Chapter 9. Warm-up and Ice-breaker Techniques.
Chapter 10. Role Play
Chapter11. The Use of Psychodrama and the Therapeutic Spiral Model in Occupational Group Therapy
Chapter 12. Life Skills, Cognitive-behavioural Groups, Assertiveness Training and Social Skills Training (verbal and non verbal) Groups
Chapter 13. Community based Stress Management with the Emphasis on Group Work
Chapter 14. Practical Creative Activity-based Group-work in Various Clinical Settings, Including Hospital-based Group-work With Acutely Ill Mentally Ill Clients
Chapter 15. Maximising Occupational Group Therapy in Physical Rehabilitation
Appendix 1 Community Stress Management Manual
Appendix 2 Assertiveness
REFERENCES
INDEX