Tips for Running a Successful Group
- John Zrebiec, MSW, CDE
Abstract
In Brief
Groups are a useful and common method for helping people with diabetes. Well-designed, functional groups require thoughtfulness about the institutional setting, purpose of the group, role of the leader, and recruitment of members. This article provides basic guidelines and techniques for running a successful group.
Footnotes
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John Zrebiec, MSW, CDE, is a lecturer on group psychotherapy at Harvard Medical School and associate director of the Behavioral and Mental Health Unit at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Mass.
- American Diabetes Association
