Week 1-2
Group activities must be followed by _______.
What is group discussion?
The stage when members are to be working, learning, and deriving the maximum benefit from being in a group.
Middle stage
That which is required when working with a special/unique population
Specialized knowledge
This serves as a map for the leader and for all members. One of the most important group leadership concept
What is clarity of purpose?
At any given moment, the focus is either on the _______, _______, or ________
What is the topic, activity, or person?
Other than safety, the utmost concern for therapists and their clients.
Confidentiality
The kind of members that you would most likely exclude/screen out from the group
Members who are in too much pain, are too emotionally unbalanced, or who would generally would fit better in a different group
Ethical responsibility of group leader to make sure members are aware of proper and/or additional treatment
What is a referral?
Use of voice, timing, clarifying, and nonverbal signals
What are components of cutting off a member?
A situation in which a person is in a position to derive personal benefit from actions or decisions made in their official capacity
Conflict of interest
Two group leader behaviors that can enhance cohesion as noted in our readings
Set group agendas
Discussed members roles and responsibilities
Encouraged self-disclosure without forcing it
Maintain balance in expressions of emotional support and confrontation
This refers to the interaction and energy exchange between members and leaders, how the leader reacts to the members, and how the members talk to each other.
Perceptions/reactions to authority, extent to which intimate relations are revealed, development of trust, importance of time (past, present, future), locus of control
Two common mistakes made during the middle sessions.
Underleading or Overleading the Group
Letting the Warm-Up Phase Last Too Long
Letting the Focus Shift Too Often
Focusing Too Long on a Member
Planning Only One or Two Exercises or Activities
Failing to Allow Time to Process an Activity
Choosing Uninteresting Speakers
Some of the purposes and goals of the closing phase
(1) summarizing and highlighting the main points
(2) reinforcing commitments made by individual members
(3) checking for unfinished business from the session.
The many different elements operating in a group, such as its size, its setting, the time of day it meets, trust or commitment levels, and leader's attitude and experience
What are therapeutic forces?
To deepen or shift focus, increase comfort level, elicit important information, to generate discussion, provide an opportunity for learning, or to provide fun and relaxation
What are reasons for using exercises?
The leader looks for _____ of disinterest over a period of two or three sessions rather than in a single session
Pattern
The two major approaches to facilitate transference resolution
Consensual validation
Increased therapist transparency