Awareness in Action
Self-Awareness and Group Process
By (author) Phylis J. Philipson, Juneau Mahan Gary
Publication date:
30 July 2015Length of book:
198 pagesPublisher
University Press of AmericaDimensions:
277x216mm8x11"
ISBN-13: 9780761866343
Awareness in Action is a user-friendly text/workbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing mental health degrees (e.g., counseling, psychology, and social work) and other human relations professions (e.g., medicine, nursing, public administration, and business). It has been used successfully by trainers for professional development seminars in human relations. Awareness in Action uses group-based experiential exercises to enhance self-awareness in professional and personal relationships, in order to improve the quality of both types of relationships. It is grounded in the research of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy (SFT), group work theory, and wellness theory, widely used and accepted by mental health clinicians.
A truly inspirational, user friendly book written with a genuine desire to gently guide each reader to self-examine how they affect others and examine how others affect them in their personal and professional relationships.... This book is a great teaching and development aid, suited to the classroom or the workplace; short exercises could be used for lesson planning or personal development plans. The book is sensitively written; at the end of each chapter there are two boxes one is 'A moment to reflect' and the other 'A moment of humour', with some extraordinarily pertinent quotes that are charming. This is a modern tool box of resources which can help you to refine your skill and enhance your awareness of yourself and others.