Helping a Group of Adolescents in a Mental Hospital Handle Separation Anxiety through the Planning of the Farewell Party for the Doctors (Hillside Hospital, Adolescent Pavilion, 1958)

Abstract

In this process recording the author describes her work over a 4-day period (June 6 – June 5, 1958) with a group of adolescent girls who are in the midst of long-term hospitalization in a private psychiatric hospital. These teens are dealing with the upcoming loss of several of their doctors. The author views them as members of a community—the hospital. The author helps them to voice their feelings and needs effectively to the hospital staff.

KEYWORDS:

• inpatient group work with adolescent girls
• democratic values in social work with groups