Working With Mutual / Self-help Support Groups

 

Mutual Support: For Professionals

This article at Faces and Voices of Recovery details some of the issues in working with mutual and self-help fellowships for recovery from various substance abuse issues.

Subjects include;

A. Problems and Pitfalls in Working With Mutual Support Groups

• Taking Over the Peer Helper Role
• Over identification with Resistance
• Problems with Religion
• Gender Issues
• Discomfort in groups
• Lack of transportation and other logistical barriers
• Working at Cross Purposes With the Group

B. Indicators of Mutual Support Involvement

C. Aids to Working With Mutual Support Groups

• General
• American Self Help Clearinghouse Self help Sourcebook online
• National Mental Health Consumers’ Self Help Clearinghouse
• Chemical Dependency
• Mental Illness

D. Professional Responsibilties

E. Readings & References

Note: A PDF version of this guide for professionals is also available.

More at; Faces and Voices of Recovery

See also;

• “I’m a doctor and an addict” What happens next?
•  COUNSELOR CHARACTERISTICS

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