Counseling - group, multicultural, and career Flashcards
installation of hope
positive expectation for change through group therapy
- believe change will happen
universality
dispelling myth of uniqueness (only one with such problems)
- powerful source of relief and healing
imparting information
didactic instruction about psychic functioning, meaning of symptoms, mental illness, etc.
- knowledge is healing
altruism
receive through giving (support, reassurance, suggestion, insight, sharing similar stories)
- counteracts negative effects of self-absorption
corrective recapitulation of primary family group
group resembles families, group members tend to assume roles previously taken in family
- opportunity to be different than in ones family, growth, explore prior roles
development of socialization techniques
gain feedback about interpersonal characteristics (nonverbal, social habits, social attitudes)
- development of basic social skills
imitative behavior
clients can learn from behaviors modeled by their counselor and group members
- vicarious learning
interpersonal learning
group is a social microcosm
- countering interpersonal distortion from previous interpersonal experiences
group cohesiveness
trust, warmth, empathetic, understanding, acceptance
- necessary for other group factors to operate
catharsis
emotional involvement
- gaining relief through access to emotional dimensions of problem focus
existential factors
awareness fo death, freedom, isolations, life purpose
- gain awareness that ultimate responsibility for conduct is theirs alone,, coming to grips with death helps individuals shed trouble of every day life
public esteem
groups evaluation of the individual
contributors to public esteem
self-esteem > public esteem - misperceive, distort deny - devalue group - change self to align with group self-esteem < public esteem - disclose inadequacies - use humility - alter beliefs about self high public esteem -> better outcomes
factors to screen for in group therapy
- needs and goals compatible
- will not impede
- well-being not jeopardized
- diversity
- motivational level, hopeful, committed
- will benefit
key questions to screen for group
at this time? with this leader? benefit? motivated? group hetero/homogeneity? problems/behaviors not appropriate?
problematic behaviors in group
- poor attendance
- subgrouping (low cohesion)
- hostility/conflict (social deviants)
- types
- lack of motivation
- non here and now processing
types in groups
- resisters
- monopolizers
- silent
- advice giving
- focus on others
- storytellers
steps to start a group
- prepare members
- logistics
- build group culture
- attract members
- decide length
- screen and select
steps to prepare members
- values
- orientation objectives
- clarify leaders and member expectations
- establish goals
- confidentiality
logistics of starting a group
- open or closed?
- frequency and duration
- site
building a group culture
- unwritten code/norms
- opening rituals
attracting members
- publicize, recruit
- make personal contact
screening and selecting
- prevent potential har
- identify who will benefit
steps to end a group
- deal with feelings of sadness, unfinished business, acknowledge loss
- compare early to later perceptions, recognize progress
- review group experience (meaningful, changes?)
- carrying learning further
- give and receive feedback
how to carry learning further
- generalizing
- how can you continue to change?
- contract and homework
- dealing with setbacks
oppression
prolonged power inequality
discrimination
unjust or prejudicial treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of things like race, sex, age, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
racism
power to enforce ones prejudice; prejudice + power
