Cancer Support Groups: A Guide for Facilitators PDF
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Cancer Support Groups A Guide for Facilitators Cancer Support Groups A Guide for Facilitators Joan Hermann, MSW, LSW FoxChase Cancer Center With a special chapter on telephone and online support groups by Yvette Colón,MSW, ACSW, CancerCare, Inc. ©2005, American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved. ICan Cope, Man to Man, Reach to Recovery, Road to Recovery, and Cancer Survivors Network are trademarks of the American Cancer Society. Thisbook is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any manner or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN:0-944235-35-2 Printed in the United States of America Group membership, acceptance, and approval are of the utmost importance—I have seen a group mourn the death of one of its members and another group physically carry one of its members to the hospital. Relationships are often cemented by moving or hazardous adventures. How many relationships in life are so richly layered? —Irvin D. Yalom, The Theory and Practice of GroupPsychotherapy Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1: The American Cancer Society and Support and Self-Help Groups 7 2: Group Characteristics 9 3:Group Leadership/Facilitation 26 4:Specialized Groups 48 5:Telephone and Online Support Groups 81 6:Evaluation 95 Resources 99 AppendixA: Evaluation of Satisfaction 127 AppendixB: Facilitator Group Summary 129 AppendixC:Participant Progress Summary: Support Group Intervention 130 v Acknowledgments This book is the third in a series of American Cancer Society publications devoted to support group interventions. It is dedicated to the community of people, lay and professional, who are involved with and care about people whose lives have been touched by cancer. There have been two previous editions, one titled Guidelines on Self-Help and Mutual Support Groups,published in 1988, and the most recent, Guidelines on Support and Self-Help Groups,published in 1994. This book draws heavily from these previous editions, and we gratefully acknowledge the many people who contributed to them. These include, for the 1988 book, Catherine Cordoba, Maxine Bernard Shear, Pat Fobair, and Joan Hall; for the 1994 book, Marie M. Lauria, Wayne Dorris, Nancy Wells, Susan C. Hedlund, Diane Morrison, Doretta Stark, Naomi M. Stearns, Susan M. Stensland, Virginia Vaitones, Glenda Kelman, David Cella, Berton H. Kaplan, Barbara Berkman, Frederick Cohen, Jerome Cohen, Helen Felsenthal, Gerald Goldstein, Robert J. McKenna, Sr., David K. Wellisch, William Worden, Holly Danforth Vugia, Margaret A. Pierce, and Arlene Robinovitch. Professional social workers, psychologists, and nurses have traditionally been the principal facilitators of oncology support groups. However, can- cersurvivorsand the people who care about them have also organized and facilitated groups. Both lay and professional facilitators have shared their insights with us and enriched our practice, thereby enhancing the content of this book. We are grateful to them for their dedicated service. Special thanks are due the following members of the Social Work Oncology Network, the listserver of the Association of Oncology Social Work, who contributed their insights about support group facilitation: LynnBehar, Kim Criswell, Marcia De Sonier, Susan Everly, Matt Loscalzo, Kathy Meyer, Lisa Parsonnet, John Sharp, and Les Gallo Silver. I am also grateful to Jerry Carter, Arlene Robinovitch, Marie Lauria and Noni Stearns for their clinical wisdom and support; and to Diane Blum of Cancer Care and Carol Marcusen of USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center for their help with the Resources section. vii American Cancer Society staff who inspired this project are Greta Greer and Claudia Bannon, both of whom have devoted themselves to the development of psychosocial services as an essential component of qual- ity cancer care. I would also like to thank Rosemarie Perrin, consulting project manager, for her expertise, thoroughness, and attention to detail in bringing this edition to completion; Pat Mabley, who provided valu- able editorial services and advice; and the Society’s production staff, Tom Deal for production of the book, Janet Weaver for design, and Bev Greene and Harriet Zoller for proofreading support. Joan Hermann, MSW, LSW Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Iwould like to thank Beth Friedman, CSW, Stephanie Stern, CSW, and Amanda L. Sutton, CSW, at Cancer Care, Inc., for their pioneering work in facilitating online groups and developing online group theory. Yvette Colón, MSW, ACSW New York, New York viii
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