Closing Reflective Questions
Group Development Theory (Two words)
Alternative Group Model (The Tuckman Model)
True or False Statements
100

Narrative Therapy

What did you learn about yourself in the groups facilitated in this class?

100

First Phase

Pre-Group Stage

100

Polite, Impersonal, Guarded, Watchful
(Student's first day of class)

Forming

100

Therapeutic groups encourage people to look at themselves to decide if they like themselves or need to plan a change

TRUE! Page 330 from Class book " The group is a means to an end."

200

Humanistic / Person Centered

Who would you like to thank in the group and for what?

200

Second Step

Initial Stage

200

Confront people, deal with conflict, and disagreements, losing team members 

(Weather)

Storming

200
Group facilitators often need to remind members that a single therapeutic experience is rarely sufficient to sustain significant change

TRUE ! See Book page 330 "One group alone may not permanently change your life."

300

Existential Therapy

In general, how do you handle goodbyes?

300

Third Period

Transition Stage

300

Getting organized, developing skills, establishing systems and procedures including feedback
(Rules and ...)

Norming

300

Confidentiality needs to be covered at the beginning of the first groups and is not required to revisit it during the last group

FALSE ! See page 330 of the Class Book "Reminding Members About Confidentiality."

400

Strengths-Based Approach

Do you have any hopes or wishes for others in the group that you would like to share?

400

Fourth Level

(Most people do this on Mondays)

Working Stage

400

Friendship, Flexible, Supportive and Tolerant

(Actors do this often)

Performing

400

It is a characteristic of the Final Stage to have some members pull back and participate in less intense ways in anticipation of the ending of the group

TRUE! Page 339 from Class Book "Final Stage Characteristics."

500

CBT

Is there a part of you that you want to say goodbye to or leave in the group?

500

Fifth Stage

Final Stage

500

Sense of loss, sadness, anxiety
(No, is not depression, but similar to Arts and Letters Majors)

Adjourning

500

In MFGT, when establishing a safe-therapeutic context, parents and children can co-create rules such as "Pizza for a safe-family life."

TRUE! See page 7 from the PDF document uploaded by the professor for today's module "Mensah_Multi-family group therapy.pdf"