CLINICAL WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS

This paper attempts to indicate what some of the similarities and differences are in clinical work with individuals and groups. This effort was stimulated by a desire to indicate that neither one extreme of "everything is the same" nor its opposite that "all social work methodology is different" is accurate. The author has used concepts such as relationship, transference, resistance, and group developmental phases among others to explore the potentials and limitations in applying these concepts to clinical work with individuals and groups.