Types
Group Counseling
Led by a trained counselor
Less severe individual cases
Less time
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Which stage of group counseling:
Conflict between members surfaces
Storming
Duration of group meetings (children and adults)
Children: 20-30 minutes
Adults:1.5-2 hours
Gatekeeper
A person in the group who wants to be in charge and tries to manage the group but won't focus on their own problems
Address severe individual problems
Longer in duration
Yalom
Lead theorist in group work
Curative factors of group therapy: hope, universality, information, altruism, corrective emotional experience, socialization, imitate behavior, interpersonal skills, cohesiveness, catharsis, and existential responsibility
Which stage of group counseling:
Power struggles between leader and members
Storming
Group Sizes
Children: 3-4
Adolescent: 5-6
Adult: 6-10 (ideal 8)
Sociometry
Jacob Moreno: a picture that displays interpersonal interactions between group members
Psychoeducational
Provide education and skill-building for growth and prevention
Jacob Moreno
Psychodrama in groups
Sociometry
Structured v. Unstructured Activities
Structured: planned group activities with rules and guidelines
Unstructured: few rules and guidelines to activities
Screening Process
Interview with leader
Discuss goals and purpose
Rules
Appropriateness of individiual's need v. group goal
Confidentiality
Assess motivation, characteristics, cohesiveness with already present members
A person is likely to make a riskier decision as a part of a group than he or she would alone
Self help v. Support group
Both led by a fellow group member and help participants manage similar problems
Support Groups: might charge fees and be affiliated with a certain organization
Self Help: no fees or organization association
Kurt Lewin
Field theory and cohesion
More cohesive groups lead to less member absences
Horizontal v. Vertical Activities
Horizontal: activities with the group as a whole
Vertical: activities targeting an individual in the group
Karpman's Drama Triangle
Roles of either victim, persecutor, or rescuer at play in group dynamic
Advantages of Groups
Advantages:
1. In vivo social learning
2. Universality
3. Cost Effective
T-groups
Training groups: help employees build and improve interpersonal skills related to job tasks
NOT a counseling group
Gerald Caplan's Three Counseling Groups
1. Primary: psychoeducation addressing lifestyle and reduction of problems
2. Secondary: group counseling addressing non-severe problems
3. Tertiary: group psychotherapy addressing long-standing, pathological problems that require personality change or rehabilitation
List all 5 group stages
1. forming
2. storming
3. norming
4. performing
5. termination/adjourning
List the 3 different leadership styles
1. Autocratic: can accomplish goals quickly but lower morale
2. Democratic: can boost morale but might take longer to accomplish a task
3. Laissez-Faire: few rules or structure- effective in long-term groups without deadlines
Johari Window
Four types of personal awareness:
1. Open: known by self and others
2. Blind: known by others but self
3. Hidden: known by self but not others
4. Unknown: not known by self or others