Revised edition of the author's Mutual-aid approach to working with groups.

The mutual-aid model of social work with groups -- The nine dynamics of mutual aid and their implications for practice -- Ten common worker-based obstacles to mutual aid, their impact, and their antidotes -- Pre-group planning with mutual aid in mind -- Early group goals and norms -- Mutual aid, "time and place," and the role of the worker -- Individual problem solving with mutual aid in mind -- Mutual aid and authority -- The role of conflict in a mutual-aid system -- Mutual-aid practice with single-session groups -- Mutual-aid practice with short-term groups -- Mutual-aid practice with open-ended groups -- Mutual-aid practice with very large groups -- Evaluation.