Spinning the Group Process Wheel: Effective Facilitation Techniques for Motivating Involuntary Client Groups

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper demonstrates the applications and implications for three essential categories of group work techniques with involuntary clients: process, linking and inclusion. Case studies from the McGill Domestic Violence Clinic's treatment group for batterers illuminate a didactic presentation for generating collaborative momentum in groups. Designed to provide a blueprint for those clinicians with less group facilitation experience, this catalogue of techniques will add to the repertoire of seasoned clinicians too. This text can act as a useful framework for instruction and evaluation in student supervision. The paper is accompanied by a glossary of 56 group work techniques and pitfalls for clinicians who work with involuntary client groups.