Chapter 2 - Skills & Techniques Flashcards
What types of issues require individual counseling?
Inabilities to listen
Extreme dysfunction
This approach to groups believes people don’t mind being led when they are led well.
Impact Therapy
What are the hallmarks of Impact Therapy?
Group should never be boring
Group should be clear and concrete
Counselor is primarily responsible for the group, but not for the outcome
What are some personal characteristics of effective group leaders?
Courage - being a risk taker
Stamina - internal energy, constantly juggling.
Willingness to model - be open, present to memb.
Belief in group process
Sense of humor & inventiveness
According to Corey, courage is demonstrated through the following 6 ways:
- To be vulnerable, admitting mistakes
- To confront others, but stay present
- To act on beliefs and hunches
- To be emotionally affected by others
- To examine your own life
- To be direct & honest with members in a caring & respectful way
Openness means:
Revealing enough to give a sense of who you are, but not revealing every aspect of personal life
In dealing with criticism from members, leaders must have:
Nondefensiveness in coping with criticism
The optimal group climate is always achievable T/F.
False
An optimal group climate is one that is:
Safe, positive & supportive, yet strong enough at times to withstand highly charged emotions, challenges and interactions
T/F An optimal group climate must be happy & positive.
False - has to be a real place where things can get ugly
What is tantamount in aiming for optimal climate?
Leaders’ Skills
Absorbing content, noting gestures & subtle changes in voice & expression. Sensing underlying messages.
Active Listening
Conveying the essence of what a person has communicated so the person can see it.
Reflecting
Focusing on key underlying issues and sorting out confusing and conflicting feelings.
Clarifying
Particularly useful after a check-in @ beginning of group. Leader might point out common elements which connect members.
Summarizing
The aim of these skills is to help group members reach their goals. Involve opening up clear communication among members and helping them increase their responsibility for direction of group.
Facilitating
Being able to openly grasp anothers experience and at the same time maintain one’s own separateness.
Empathizing
Offering possible explanations for potential behaviours or symptoms.
Interpreting
Often overused can be distracting. Appropriately timed ‘what’ and ‘hows’ can intensify the experience.
Questioning
Being alert for cues that members have some common concern, promoting member interaction and raising level of cohesion.
Linking
Two step: Challenge the behavior to be examined and avoid labeling, and share how he feels about the persons behavior.
Confronting
This skill can be therapeutic or counterproductive. Too much of this tells members they are unable to support themselves.
Supporting
This helps to establish group norms and is an important intervention particularly during the groups initial stages.
Blocking
What are some behaviors that need blocking?
Bombarding with ?
Gossiping
Storytelling
Breaking confidences
The ability to appraise certain behavior problems and choose appropriate interventions
Assessing
Showing a desired behaviour
Modelling
Leaders offer these to help members develop an alternative course of thinking or action.
Suggesting
Taking an active role in providing direction, offerin structure and taking action when needed.
Initiating
After group session it is valuable for the leader to…..
Evaluate (for individuals and whole group)
The ability to tell a group when a session should end, when a member is ready to leave and when a group has completed its work.
Terminating
