Final Exam

Question 1

How should we respond to culture in a group?

Answer 1

None of us are going to know everything with every culture so we just need to remain respectful.

Don’t push members past what they are CULTURALLY COMFORTABLE

Question 2

Acculturation (2)

Answer 2

Assimilation: Speaking the language
Accommodation: How the culture helps you adapt

Question 3

How does faith play a role in group counseling?

Answer 3

When you have a strong BELIEF and you work with someone who goes against that belief you must be self aware and non-judgmental.

Your FAITH is a part of who you are.

Question 4

Tasks and Traits of members:

Answer 4

Capacity to examine interpersonal behaviors, self-disclose, and give and receive feedback.

Members must attend to the task and engage in the process.

Question 5

Selection of group members:

Answer 5

DE-SELECT: It is really about who we WONT select.

Good group therapy starts with good participant selection.

Question 6

Attendance

Answer 6

Good attendance is so necessary that it is wise to exclude members that do not attend regularly.

Question 7

Drop Outs

Answer 7

Hurts the person and the group.

Question 8

What are the cultural issues that you need to consider if you are leading a group with people that are from a different culture than your background?

Answer 8

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Question 9

What are the cultural issues that you need to consider if you are leading a group with people that are from a different faith than your background?

Answer 9

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Question 10

Homogeneity VS heterogeneity

Answer 10

Similar VS Different
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Heterogeneous groups have advantages over homogeneous groups for long term, intensive, interactional group therapy.

Homogeneous groups has advantages for shared problems. They gel more quickly but aren’t necessarily great in the long term.

Group therapists strive for - Maximum heterogeneity in the clients conflict areas and patterns of coping, and at the same time strive for homogeneity of the clients degree of vulnerability and capacity to tolerate anxiety.

Question 11

How is a group modeled?

Answer 11

The prototypical model is the intensive, heterogeneously composed outpatient psychotherapy group, meeting for at least several months, with the ambitious goals of both symptomatic relief and personality change. Page XIII

Question 12

Intimacy

Answer 12

Verbal Intercourse is next to Sexual Intercourse. Once you grow verbally intimate you grow sexually intimate.

Question 13

Number of people in a group?

Answer 13

Range of 5-10. Ideal of 6-8

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Question 14

In the beginning - The first group meeting

Answer 14

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We know that a first session of the group is invariably a success because people are usually excited to come. Usually no matter what happens they are happy to be there.

Question 15

What are the 5 stages of group development?

Answer 15

Forming - The group coming together

Storming - Members start to have conflict with each other and at the group leader.

Norming - People renorm. After the conflict the come to the realization that they an actually get some stuff done in the group.

Performing - Getting to the task. They are ready to do deeper work.

Adjorning - End of the group. People tend to get sad towards the end when they realize it is over.

Question 16

How are groups compared to each other?

Answer 16

Each group at the same time like all groups, like some groups and like no other group.

Question 17

Three Family Patterns

Three Family Skills

Answer 17

Speak
Listen
Cooperate

When healthy individuals commit to another, they choose to be together and how they will be with one another.

There needs to be room to be close and apart.

Expect change.

• The reason people come to groups is because there has been a problem in personal and interpersonal functioning.