From Alienation to Admiration: Developmental Stages of Group Leaders in Encounters with Culturally Deprived Mothers

Abstract

This study presents the problems, dynamics and developmental stages that group leaders face while working with culturally deprived mothers. The data was derivedfrom process recorded sessions of two groups of leaders (N = 30) who met regularly in order to work out the problems they encountered in their work. Clinical analysis of the data pointed to three simultaneous processes that took place: (1) characteristic of groups participants; (2) characteristic of group leaders' working with diverse populations; (3) a developmentalprocess specific to leaders activating groups of culturally deprived mothers. Each process was discussed and conclusions were drawn.

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