Wood [née Paton], Mary Anne (opera)

Concurrent Interventions in Multiple Domains: The Essence of Social Work with Groups

“…Brooks [1978] provides an excellent example in her work with isolated reclusive older men living in single rooms in a slum hotel. She designed a group for them initially to operate as a health club, using activity and exercise as a means of attracting them out of their rooms, eventually triggering a flow of communication and "a stream of mutuality" [p. 61] in the swimming pool, so powerful that it transformed the group.…”