Groupwork is a constantly evolving area, and the authors of this book seek to encourage, inspire and lure practitioners into thinking new thoughts and developing new methods. A range of experienced and respected groupworkers explores developments in their specific fields of practice, moving from well-established approaches toward newer ideas. Subjects covered include group therapy and spirituality, experiential groups, merging and splitting, social dreaming, playback theater and sociodrama. Running through the book are themes such as the relationship between spiritual belief and group-analytic practice, the sustainability of working from traditional theory in an ethos of continuous change, and the development of theory and practice across internally or externally constructed boundaries. This exciting and challenging book reflects the way in which groupwork is changing and moving beyond orthodoxy, and will inspire practitioners in this field. Contents: Introduction, Herb Hahn and Anna Chesner. 1. Working with Trainees in Experiential Groups, Amlie Noack. 2. Playback Theatre and Group Communication, Anna Chesner. 3. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A Jungian Approach to Social Dreaming, Peter Tatham. 4. Helping the Helpers, Herb Hahn. 5. Working with Words, Angela Eden, British Psychodrama Association. 6. A Sociodramatist Goes to Work, Ron Wiener, British Psychodrama Association. 7. Group Merging and Splitting: The Case of Europe and the Quest for National Identity, Antonio Fazio. 8. Reconnecting with our World, Chris Johnstone. References. Index.