FCSS*2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: No Air, Compulsive Gamblers, Sexual Assault
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How are they going to get out the elevator. Let"s jump to see if it"ll go down. Using phone and laptops for course content only. Positive and optimistic way of working with people. Social workers helps people to develop skills for their environment. Group work is effective with many types of problems. Correct the faulty thinking for compulsive gamblers. What is their motivation to stop gambling. How to establish their treatment practices, goal and expectation. Group work is just as effective as individual. A mix of individual and group work. Men will have their first sexual impulse on their mother and want to kill their father. How you think unconsciously is embedded into your psyche. When people join a group they feel like they will lose their identity. Bridge the gap b/w their differing cultures. Metaphors, specific words and images take on a new meaning. Takes time for the worker to break down the groups.
