Group Counseling

Question 1

What is authoritarian leadership style?

Answer 1

The leader sees Him/herself as an expert.
Very directive
Like the least by members

Aka: X group leadership

Question 2

What is Democratic leadership style?

Answer 2

Leadership is shared.
Members behave appropriately.
The most productive style

Aka theory Y group leadership

Question 3

What is laissez-faire leadership style?

Answer 3

No leadership is in place.
Generally ineffective

Aka Theory Z group leadership

Question 4

What are Yalom’s leadership types?

Answer 4

Impersonal – are distant and aggressive.
Managers – structure activities and controlled how members interact.
Laissez-fairies- Low support low control (low)
Social engineers – group focus
Energizers- caring and charismatic (moderate)
Providers- specialize in caring and meaning attributions (best)

Question 5

What are group leader skills?

Answer 5

Active listening
Reflection and clarification
Questioning and summarizing
Information giving
Encouragement and support
Modeling
Self disclosure at appropriate times
Blocking
Attending behavior

Question 6

What are poor choices for group membership unless the group is specifically designed to deal with?

Answer 6

Hostile
Physically aggressive 
Paranoid
Active suicidal 
Actively homicidal 
Psychotic 
Totally self centered

Question 7

What are the most important member trait?

Answer 7

The ability to trust and the ability to feel cohesion.

Question 8

What are the members’ traits correlated to premature termination from groups?

Answer 8

Low intelligence, low motivation and high denial.

Question 9

Ethical guidelines require that risk of group membership be discussed when?

Answer 9

During the screening interview and as soon as is possible thereafter.

Question 10

ASGW ethical guidances states?

Answer 10

Group leaders shall inform members that participation is voluntary and they may exit the group at any time.

If clients are in “mandatory treatment” clients should be told that appropriate notification will be made.

Question 11

What are Tuckman and Jensen developmental group stages?

Answer 11

Forming/ orientation 
Storming/ transition 
Norming
Performing/working 
Adjourning

Question 12

Characteristics of forming stage/ orientation stage?

Answer 12

Initiate getting acquainted 
Focus members
Create trust 
Deal with initial resistance and fears
Start a session
Ending a session 
Teach member self-evaluation

Question 13

Characteristics of storming stage/ transitions?

Answer 13

Deal with defensive behaviors 
Deal with difficult members 
Deal with conflict 
Explore common fears and resistance 
Deal with challenges to the leader.

Question 14

Characteristics of performing/ working stage/ action/ productive stage?

Answer 14

Deal with expressed confusion 
Deal with issue of closeness 
Teach appropriate disclosure 
Elicit emotional responses 
Deal with the fear of losing control
Deal with intense emotions 
Work with dreams 
Work with projection and self-awareness problems.

Question 15

Characteristics of adjourning stage/ termination/ separation?

Answer 15

End a session
Terminate a group
Assess and follow up
Evaluate a group

Question 16

The word “structure” is used in the field of group work in three contexts?

Answer 16

The basic format or formulation of the groups.
The use of structured exercises or tasks given by the leader to the groups.
Group focused on a particular theme or topic.

Question 17

Group structure for adult groups?

Answer 17

Few as three members and as many as fifteen.
Groups usually have between 8 to 10 members.
Optimum size 8

Question 18

Group structure for Adolescent groups?

Answer 18

Adolescents do well in groups with their peers.

Group size can range from 6 to 8 members.

Optimum size is 6

Question 19

Group structure for children’s groups?

Answer 19

Younger children are usually place in small groups of 2 but never over 5.

Optimum size is 3 to 4

Their own age but with somewhat diverse problems

Question 20

Closed groups

Answer 20

No new members at the start date.

Promotes cohesiveness and trust

Drop in membership me cut the over all interactions of members

Question 21

Open groups

Answer 21

New members allowed after state date

Cost effective

Members joining after first session do not receive info\experiences shared earlier.

Question 22

Homogenous groups

Answer 22

Members are alike

Have similar problems

Advantages: promotes cohesiveness

Question 23

Heterogeneous groups

Answer 23

Not alike
Problems are different

Advantage: replicates The real world and allows clients to learn from others.

Question 24

Classifications of groups Caplan’s crisis intervention model

Answer 24

Primary groups:
Preventive; teach coping strategies.
Example: diet, weight mgmt

Secondary groups:
Disturbing behaviors, problems present, but is not severe.
Example: grief

Tertiary groups:
Deal with severe, long-standing problems.

Question 25

Negative and\or destructive task Roles

Answer 25

Scapegoat- A member who blames by other members.
Interrogator- constantly ask questions
Peeping tom- ask inappropriate questions
Story teller-take of time telling irrelevant stories.
Joker- use jokes as smokescreen
Isolate- rejected and ignore; or giving little to no attention

Question 26

Types of groups requiring specialized training

Answer 26

Task and work groups.
Psycho education groups.
Group counseling
Group psychotherapy

Question 27

Advantages of group counseling

Answer 27

Benefits of interpersonal relationships
Less expensive than individual counseling
Therapeutic orientation
Provide support groups
Learn problem-solving strategy

Question 28

Disadvantage of group counseling

Answer 28

Difficulty in recruiting and matching members.
Individual needs not addressed
Client confidentiality is difficult to maintain

Question 29

Psychoanalytic groups

Answer 29

Found by Alexander Wolf

Group members work through repressed conflicts to restructure their personality and character

Question 30

Psychoanalytical groups will go through the six stages

Answer 30

Individual assessment to see if they are suitable.
Rapport through interpretation of dreams and fantasies.
Free association interactions
Analysis of resistance
Analysis of transference
Conscious personal actions and social integration

Question 31

Psychodrama groups

Answer 31

Jacob Moreno

Catharsis: a release of pent up feeling and emotions

Question 32

Existential groups

Answer 32

Irvin Yalom

Encourage members to explore choices

Ultimate concerns are the human existence:
Death, Freedom, isolation and meaninglessness.

Question 33

Person centered groups

Answer 33

Three varmint to attitude for about it the big drive for a persons to achieve self-actualization:
Genuineness
Unconditional positive regards
Empathy

Question 34

Transactional analysis group

Answer 34

Eric Berne

Individuals make decisions based on current belief.

Help to identify illogical beliefs

Question 35

Rational emotive-behavior therapy groups

Answer 35

Views problems as stemming from peoples responsive, processing, or an interpretation of external events

Question 36

Electric counselors

Answer 36

Attempt to choose the best theoretical approach based on the client’s attributes, resources, and situations.

The word eclectic is associated with Fredrick C. Throne

Question 37

The term group therapy was coined in 1931 by

Answer 37

John Moreno, the father of psychodynamic

Question 38

Horizontal approaches

Answer 38

Strategies that approach the group as a whole.

Question 39

Vertical interventions

Answer 39

Strategies that focus on an individual member of the group.