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Group Counseling Flashcards

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Types of Groups

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Counseling
Guidance
Psychotherapy
Psychoeducation
Structured
Self-Help
T-Group (training group)
Task/Work Groups

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Counseling Groups

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purpose: growth, devpmt, removing barriers, prevention

ppl to address problems in a group environment

means there is no DSM diagnosis

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Guidance Groups

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goal: provide information

Discuss how the info is relevant to members (eg, schools)

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Psychotherapy groups

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goal: remediation, treatment, personality reconstruction

in agencies, clinics, hospitals
may run longer than others

means there IS a DSM diagnosis

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Psychoeducation groups

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goal: acquiring info and skill building
- can be preventative, growth oriented, or remedial

found in social service, mental health settings, universities

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Structured

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goal: focused on a central theme

eg. learning job search skills, anger mgmt, loss/grief

most often product groups; no expectation of cohesion

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Self-help group

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goal: support systems for help w/psychological stress

eg.,: weight control, survivors of incest, child loss

Usually NOT professionally run (12 steps, gambler’s anonymous)

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T-Group

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(training groups)
Goal: examine and improve interpersonal skills

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Task/work groups

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Committees, study groups, planning groups to accomplish specific goals. may be interdisciplinary teams too

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defn of Group Counseling and who is associated with it?

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George Gazda (Gs=Group)

interaction bw ppl for prevention or remediation of difficulties or the enhancement of personal growth through the interaction of those who meet together for common purpose

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Group member roles

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facilitator/building. helps members feel welcome

maintenance. helps with bonding

blocker. attempts to hinder group formation

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regarding leadership styles, if a group is committed toward a common goal then the _____style yields the best results

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laissez faire (member free to do as they choose)

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Universality/mutuality (groups)

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feeling that one is not alone or unique; that others share similar problems/situations

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Intellectualization in groups

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keeping content on a cognitive level

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Issues regarding co-leaders in groups

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  • members benefit from additional insight
  • co-leaders can re-create roles and serve as models, so more linking is possible
  • receive feedback from other co-leaders
  • helpful to have male and female
  • different reactions and feedback from leaders may enhance energy and discussion
  • should share theoretical orientations with other leader
  • no power struggles
  • good way to start out ‘new’ leaders
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open vs closed groups

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Open groups
- replace members who leave, new members provide new insights, ideas

Closed groups
- do not admit new members, building and maintaining trust and cohesion is facilitated

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Optimal group size and time duration?

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8 for adults, up to 2 hrs

w/children ages 5-6, three to four members is ideal and may only last 20-30 minutes

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Tuckman model

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forming, storming, norming, performing, mourning/adjourning

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Irvin Yalom group stages

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orientation, conflict, cohesion, termination

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Corey et al group stages

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pre-group, initial, transition, working, final

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difference bw process and product group?

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process: goal is to let guard down (tuckman model)

product group: goal is to graduate/get a certificate

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Irvin yalom found how many curative factors existent in successful groups?

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11

altruism
universality
interpersonal learning
imparting information
developing socialization techniques
imitative behavior
group cohesiveness
catharsis
corrective recapitulation of the primary family group
instillation of hope
existential factors

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Irvin Yalom suggested how many ldrsp functions were present in groups no matter what?

what are they and what amount of each is recommended?

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4
emotional stimulation (moderate amount)
caring (consistent use)
meaning attribution (frequent use)
executive direction/function (moderate amount)

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Michael waldo

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suggested different levels of exec ldrsp needed depending on the clinical setting (eg., in vs outpatient, time constraints, goals of group)

ex:
-emotional stimulation may decrease
-exec direction may increase
-caring depends on client demographic (ie sociopathic, schizophrenic…)
-meaning attribution relative to the cognitive level of the group

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who coined ‘group therapy’?

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jacob moreno, the father of psychodrama

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who is the father of psychodrama?

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jacob moreno

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group therapy spawned in the 1940s from the creation of what two groups?

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american society for group psychotherapy and psychodrama (ASGPP)

the american group psychotherapy group (AGPG)

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primary group vs secondary group vs tertiary group

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a primary group
- tries to stop a problem before it occurs (ie, group that teaches birth control to teens; educational program on drugs and alcohol)
- ex: guidance or psychoeducation group

a secondary group
- aims to reduce severity or length and includes aspects of prevention (ie, dealing w/grief or attempting to ward off shyness)
- ex: counseling group

tertiary groups
- deal with individual difficulties that are serious and longstanding and help them return to full functioning
- may involve personality change, rehab
- ex: counseling a therapy group

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group therapy initially flourished in the US due to _______

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shortage of individual therapists during WWII

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what is believed to be more effective for groups, structured or unstructured exercises?

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unstructured exercises

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Risky shift phenomenon

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group decisions are less conservative than the average group member’s decision

Ex: in high school, group decisions tended to be far riskier than individual ones

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Jacob Moreno

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coined “group therapy”
- the father of psychodrama
- began ‘theater of spontaneity” in Vienna in 1921
- first to use “group psychotheraphy” in the literature in 20s
- founded American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama in 1941

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Psychodrama

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  • Jacob Moreno
  • emphasizes enacting conflicts/crisis in the present moment to allow for catharsis, insight, reality testing
  • has 3 roles: director, protagonist, auxillary ego (representing ppl, objects, or audience)
    -occurs on a “stage”
  • has 3 parts: warm-up/pre-action, action, integration
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Group Psychotherapy

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typically used:
- for ppl w/serious psychological problems of long duration
- in mental health facilities
- anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation
- as an adjunct to IC

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Group counseling and multicultural issues

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special issues may be present in multicultural groups
- unfamiliarity with counseling
- degree of acculturation may impact participation
- sharing frowned upon in some cultures; silence valued
- confrontation may be seen differently

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