Practical Implications
- Provides client elicited information that may be useful to the
implementation of positive, strength-focused approaches to group work
with those with PD.
- Where group cohesion is typically fostered through discussions of
shared struggle, an intentional focus on hope has the potential to
offer options for developing group cohesion.
- Expressing difficult emotions in a safe environment, including
hopelessness, may be an important precursor to hope.
- Offers insights into the group
leader’s role as process facilitator rather than top-down content
expert.