Types of Group Members
This client is often described as the "Yes, but..." member.
The Help-Rejecting Complainer
Yalom warns that __________ are contagious.
Dropouts
This factor is the We-ness of the group, and is analogous to the therapeutic relationship in individual therapy.
Group Cohesiveness
This is the additional layer of benefit experienced by a group member that is not related with the primary task of the group.
Secondary Gratification
In this stage of Yalom's group development: clients are usually reflecting on their confusion: "What is my role?", "How will this help?" Search for meaning, attempts to determine group structure and meaning; search for similarities among group members; members look to leader for approval, acceptance, and answers
The Orientation Stage (1st Stage)
Fear of abandonment, instability of mood, and unpredictability characterize this client.
The Borderline Client
"Clients will fail in group if they are unable to participate in the ____________ of the group."
Primary Task
This factor is provided by other members in the group and is often thought of as the factor that keeps people going in group, resulting in a belief that group therapy will work.
Instillation of Hope
With this therapeutic factor, members gain through giving and are helped by helping others.
Altruism
This 5 stage rhyme scheme about group development was offered in 1965 and revised in 1977 by Bruce Tuckman
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
This group member is described as incessantly chatty.
The Monopolist
Yalom says that group members doing this to the group leader is inevitable in the second stage of group.
Attack on the leader
This factor disconfirms a members sense of uniqueness, and contributes to a sense of we-ness by reminding clients that they are not alone.
Universality
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Drake
In this stage of Yalom's group development: Members attempt to establish preferred amount of initiative and power; establish a control hierarchy; members may express hostility toward therapist (resistance)
The Conflict/Dominance Stage (2nd Stage)
Fear of self-disclosure, aggression, shame, and perfectionism drive this group member to rarely benefit from the group.
The Silent Client
Group members must experience each other in the here/now as spontaneously as possible, and there must be a cognitive component of reflection on this process. This is known as the ______________ Loop.
Self-Reflecting Loop
Often an emotional discharge or expression of feelings, this factor is necessary but not sufficient without a cognitive learning component.
Catharsis
This type of group therapy intervention for certain anxiety disorders is sometimes abbreviates as E.T./G.E.T.
Exposure Therapy/Gradual Exposure Therapy
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Jeopardy
This client has nothing interesting to say and can make others feel this kind of way.
The Boring Client
Yalom says that, for group members to become aware of their maladaptive patterns of behaviors when relating to others, and for group members to practice new, more effective ways of behaving, is the purpose of this type of group...
(Interpersonal) Process Group
These factors are focused on the Here/Now of group process, and are related to the basic issues of life and death, authenticity, isolation, and freedom.
Existential Factors
Group CBT for depression often focuses on this type of intervention, often abbreviated as B.A.
Behavioral Activation
In this stage of Yalom's group development: Unity, intimacy, closeness emerge; trust and self disclosure increase; attendance improves; cohesiveness becomes analogous to therapist-client relationship
The Development of Cohesiveness Stage (3rd stage)