Narrative Therapy
What did you learn about yourself in the groups facilitated in this class?
First Phase
Pre-Group Stage
Polite, Impersonal, Guarded, Watchful
(Student's first day of class)
Forming
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."
Humanistic / Person Centered
Who would you like to thank in the group and for what?
Second Step
Initial Stage
Confront people, deal with conflict, and disagreements, losing team members
(Weather)
Storming
TRUE ! See Book page 330 "One group alone may not permanently change your life."
Existential Therapy
In general, how do you handle goodbyes?
Third Period
Transition Stage
Getting organized, developing skills, establishing systems and procedures including feedback
(Rules and ...)
Norming
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."
Strengths-Based Approach
Do you have any hopes or wishes for others in the group that you would like to share?
Fourth Level
(Most people do this on Mondays)
Working Stage
Friendship, Flexible, Supportive and Tolerant
(Actors do this often)
Performing
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."
CBT
Is there a part of you that you want to say goodbye to or leave in the group?
Fifth Stage
Final Stage
Sense of loss, sadness, anxiety
(No, is not depression, but similar to Arts and Letters Majors)
Adjourning
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"