Psychodynamic
Emphasizes social interest and family constellation
Adlerian therapy
Group leaders in this theory think more in terms of experiments than in techniques
Gestalt therapy
This theory incorporates any technique that can be demonstrated to change behavior
Behavior therapy
This approach is deliberately directive, helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence in order to strengthen intrinsic motivation for change
Motivational Interviewing
Tends to focus on differences, uses techniques drawn from many approaches, and is based on systematic selection of techniques
Technical integration
Main focus of psychoanalytic approach
Insight
This technique involves a group member taking on the part of significant person in their lives to generate insight and empathy
Role reversal (psychodrama)
In this technique, a group leader assists members in forming hypothesis and testing assumptions
Collaborative empiricism (cognitive therapy)
Externalizing problems and re-authoring life stories are central here
Narrative therapy
Beginning group counselors are wise to let these guide their selection of an anchor theory
Values and life experiences
Occurs when group leader experiences feelings from the past that are activated by a group member
Countertransference
Members are helped in recognizing their freedom and taking responsibility for their lives
Existential therapy
Essential elements of this theory are creating action plans and checking to determine how these plans are working
Reality therapy/choice theory
A central concept of this theory includes a movement from talking about problems to talking about and creating solutions
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT)
Members are encouraged to behave in a manner consistent with the person they would like to be
Acting as if (Adlerian therapy)
This approach emphasizes active listening, acceptance, understanding & sharing personal experiences while going with the flow of the group, rather than directing where the group is going
Person-centered therapy
A technique in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy where members replace “I can’t stand this” with constructive reminders such as, “This is hard, but I can cope.”
Coping self-statements
A group leader helps a new mother explore how unequal division of labor at home is affecting her well-being, validates her experience, and invites discussion about gender role expectations.
Feminist therapy
Marianne & Jerry Corey use this three-part integrative model in group work
Thinking, Feeling, and Behaving
A group leader notices a member reacting to her with the same anger he described toward his father, and helps him explore this unconscious pattern in the group relationship.
Psychoanalytic group therapy (working with transference)
An example of this theory is a group leader inviting a member to speak directly to another member as though they were a person with whom a problematic relationship exists
Gestalt therapy (or psychodrama)
A leader and group members use guided questions to help challenge a peer’s belief, “I always fail,” and consider alternative perspectives.
Socratic dialogue in cognitive therapy
A group leader asks a member who describes herself as “a failure” to give the problem a name outside herself and then guides the group in identifying times when this “problem” didn’t control her life.
Narrative therapy
Term used to describe "cornering the market" as the Corey crew has done with the counseling education textbook market
Monopoly ;-)