Yalom's Therapeutic Factors
Which of these Yalom’s therapeutic factors describe members’ acceptance of responsibility for life decisions:
Existential Factors
The group helps me because I realize that other people have problems and that I am not the only one to experience difficulties.
Universality
The group helps me because I feel part of a group that sticks together, and others accept me
Cohesion
What is the most effective way to lead a therapy group:
This stage of the group refers to the closure for the group as a whole and the primary task is to discuss and review actual outcomes and achievements, and any feelings of loss.
Stage 5: Adjourning
When a member educates or provides information/advice to another group member, which of the Yalom’s therapeutic factors is being enacted:
Imparting information
The group helps me because I feel like I am with my family, and I can talk about my problems with them.
Corrective recapitulation of the primary family group
The group helps me because I learn from the way that other people in the group behave.
(_________) refers to the relationships between interacting individuals, members, and therapists.
Process
This stage refers to the orientation phase, and the leader is most active in this stage:
Stage 1: Forming
When members gain personal insight about their interpersonal impact through feedback provided by other members, which of Yalom’s therapeutic factors are enacted
Interpersonal learning- input
The group helps me because I feel helpful and valued when I help and support others.
Altruism
The group helps me because I see other people who can solve their problems, and it encourages me and gives me confidence in my ability to deal with mine.
Installation of hope
(___________) groups that teach meditation, deep breathing, and relaxation and focus awareness on members’ moment-to-moment state of being are also prominent and have been used to remarkably good effect in the treatment of medical illnesses and anxiety disorders and in the prevention of relapse in depression
MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction)
This stage is when individual growth and team productivity and effectiveness occur. Also, during this stage, members experiment with new ideas or behaviors, and egalitarianism develops:
Stage 4: Working stage
When a member develops optimism for their improvement by recognizing another member’s improvement
Installation of hope
The group helps me because I can express how I feel about a past or present situation.
Catharsis
When a group member shares a re-enactment of critical family dynamics with group members but in a corrective manner.
Corrective Recapitulation of the Primary Family Group
Groups promote the concept of universality, which suggests that:
We are unique, and so are our problems.
This stage is considered the transition phase, and it also creates an interpersonal climate where members should feel free to disagree with each other:
Stage 2: Storming
When members release strong feelings about the past or present experiences
Catharsis
The group helps me because I get advice and information to allow me to deal with my problems.
Imparting information
The group helps me because I learn and try new ways of acting and reacting to people.
Socializing techniques
What is the concept/term name of when a group member chooses to focus on their personal goals in group therapy?
Primary task
This stage is when members develop group-specific standards and therapeutic alliance forms, or the level of anger/conflict that will be tolerated:
Stage 3: Norming stage