PS282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Online Algorithm
Document Summary
Voluntary associations of persons who share a life situation or status that produces challenges for coping in their environments. In many cases are also alternative settings forced to address shortcomings in eisting resources for addressing stressors. Mutual assistance self help groups facilitated by a person experiencing the focal concern and don"t have professional involvement (aa) Peer led mutual support groups sometimes have professionals assisting in supportive roles. A focal concern: problem, crisis, issue common to all members. Peer relationships rather than or in addition to professional-client relationship. Community narrative that embodies the experiences and wisdom of its members. Helper therapy principle: providing aid to others promotes one"s own well being. Experiential knowledge: based on personal experiences of group members, insider knowledge. Community narratives: expressing in story form a description and explanation of the focal problem, and an explicit guide to recovery or coping.
