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Types of groups: ️-Task groups -Psychoeducational groups -Counseling groups -Psychotherapy groups -Brief groups
Task group ️Want to get get down to business quickly, but focusing exclusively on the task at hand
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Psychoeducational group ️focuses on develop...
Task group ✔️Want to get get down to business quickly, but focusing exclusively on the task at hand
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Psychoeducational group ✔️focuses on developing members' cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills
through a structured set of procedures within and across group meetings
Counseling groups ✔️focus on interpersonal and problem-solving strategies that stress conscious
thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
Psychotherapy Groups ✔️helps individual group members remediate psychological problems and
interpersonal problems of living.
Brief Groups (BGT) ✔️Time limited. Process orientation, clear rules, goals.
ASGW ✔️Association for Specialists in Group Work
Diversity-Competent group counselor ✔️"culturally skilled group counselor"
What are some reasons you can think of for the increased popularity of groups in various settings? What
are some advantages in using a group format? Can you think of any drawbacks to the increased demand
and use of groups for various client populations? ✔️
Co-leadership model ✔️• Co-leading with a supervisor is a great way to learn how to lead a group.
• Ideally co-leaders should be carefully matched so that they will be compatible and complementary.
• They need to decide how they will relate to each other (e.g., one will be more directive, the other
more non-directive, etc.).
• Co-leaders need to work through their "issues" with each other and constantly "tweak" how they work
together (always a "work in progress").
What is the essence of the skill of facilitating? What are a few specific ways a group leader can facilitate
the group process? ✔️Mentally and physically prepare yourself as the facilitator.
Create the right environment.
Ensure the expected outcome/s or objectives are clear.
Establish expectations.
Energise the group throughout the meeting.
Manage participation.
Adjust your facilitation style.
What kinds of questions tend to facilitate a group? What are some ways that questioning can block
group progress? ✔️
Define and give a brief example of the skill of linking. ✔️Linking is a technique aimed at promoting
member-to-member interaction and facilitating exploration of common themes in a group.
EX: Katherine describes feelings that she might not be loved because she is less than perfect, Pamela
may have similar feelings so leader would ask the two ladies to talk with each other in group about their
fears.
, Why is it essential that a group leader be able both to confront and to support? ✔️Because confronting
is both caring and a skill, however if/when group member's behavior is disruptive of group functioning
or when discrepancies between verbal messages/nonverbal messages are displayed.
At times group leaders must block certain behaviors of group members. Give some examples of
behaviors you would be inclined to block. ✔️Ex: Probing, gossiping, invading another's privacy,
breaking confidences, questioning.
Group leaders must learn when and how to terminate their work with both individuals and groups.
What criteria would you consider in determining when an individual is ready to terminate from a group?
✔️Contracts at the end of each session to create a climate to encourage individual to do work between
sessions. Help build skills they will need when they have to go back to their everyday lives.
What are some considerations in bringing a group to termination? ✔️Provide members with
suggestions for transferring what they've learned in group to environment they must return without the
continuing support of group 2) Prepare for the psychological adjustments they may face on leaving
group 3) arranging for follow-up group 4) Telling members where to get additional therapy 5) Being
available for individual consultation at termination of group.
What special knowledge do you think is most necessary for you to possess to be a culturally skilled
group counselor? What steps might you take to increase this knowledge? ✔️A) Areas of beliefs,
attitudes, knowledge and skills.
B) Keep abreast of current changes/modifications about the communities characteristics and the
resources in the community as well as in the family.
What special skills do you think are most necessary for you to possess to be a culturally skilled group
counselor? What steps might you take to acquire or refine these skills? ✔️A)Need to possess a wide
range of skills, which they are able to use with diverse client populations.
B)Familiarize themselves with relevant research and the latest findings regarding mental health issues
that affect diverse client populations, educational experiences that foster knowledge and skills for
facilitating groups across differences.
Discuss your reactions to the following statement as it applies to you: "If counselors do not understand
how their cultural background influences their own thinking and behavior, there is little chance they can
work effectively with group members who are culturally different from themselves." ✔️
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