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authors and contributors
Charles D. Garvin, Ph.D., is professor emeritus at the School of Social
Work, University of Michigan. He has taught in both masters and doc-
toral programs and is a past director of the Joint Doctoral Program in
Social Work and Social Science. Many of his numerous articles concern
small groups, and his books include three editions of Contemporary
Group Work, two editions of Interpersonal Practice in Social Work,
and two editions of Social Work in Contemporary Society, all published
by Allyn & Bacon. He is the co-editor of Direct Practice, published by
Sage, and of the journal Small Group Research.
Bageshwari Parihar, Ph.D., is a partner and CEO of Therapeutic Inter-
ventions, Inc., a substance-abuse treatment center, and director of the
Rolling Meadows Counseling Services, which provides counseling and
consultation services, in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. He has also been
Deputy Director of Programs at Englewood Community Mental
Health Organization and an administrator at Martha Washington
Hospital Alcoholism Treatment Center. He has taught social work at
Louisiana State University and at Kashi Vidyapith in India. He has
written Task-Centered Management in Human Services, as well as a
number of articles in the areas of management and alcoholism.
Gregory L. Pettys, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the School of So-
cial Work, Brigham Young University, where he teaches research,
