Group Counseling Flashcards

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Yalom

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Existential, Group Therapy
Work in the here and now
11 reasons groups work so well

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Altruism

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Helping others gives sense of well-being

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Universality

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Not only one with the problem

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Installation of Hope

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Hope the group will work

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Catharsis

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Talking is beneficial

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Group Cohesiveness

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Sense of we-ness

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Imitative Behavior

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Social Learning Theory

Learn from watching others

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Family Reenactment

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Helps albeit family of origin or issues

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Imparting Information

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Psychodynamic insights or advice

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Interpersonal Learning

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Members receive feedback on how their behavior affects others

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11
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Socialization Techniques

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Feedback and instruction

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12
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Existential Factors

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Discovering life can have meaning

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13
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Idea Group Size

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5 or 6-8, 8 preferable

Long term groups can function with 10

Smaller with children

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Stage Model: Initial

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Initial, Forming, Orientation

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Stage Model: Transition

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Transition, Conflict, Storming

Power struggles

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Stage Model: Working

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Productive, Forming, Action

Completing goal cohesively

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Stage Model: Termination

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Closure, Completion, Mourning, Adjourning

Goodbye

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Negative Role Examples

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Monopolizing
Attacking
Blaming
Intellectualizing too much

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Leader: Autocratic

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Authoritarian

Make decisions for the group

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Leader: Laissez Faire

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Hands off

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Leader: Democratic

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Input from members (seen as best style)

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Leader: Speculative

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Rely on charisma and personal power to move the group in a direction

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Leader: Confrontive

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Reveals the impact that his behavior has had on himself as well as others have on him

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Type: Psychoeducational

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Informative

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Type: Counseling

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Conscious issues related to personal growth

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Type: Group Therapy

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Unconscious issues, past and personality changes

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27
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Type: T Group

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Training (business/personal motivation)

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Type: Structure

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Centered around personal issues such as shyness or how to prepare for a job interview

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29
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Type: Support

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Self-help (AA)

Not led by a professional

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30
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Self serving bias

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When group is productive the person takes credit for it

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31
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Risky Shift

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Members make more risky decisions in a group

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32
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Group Polarity

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Members make more extreme decisions as a group v individually

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33
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ASGW

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Association for Specialists in Group Work

Apply ACA ethics to group work

  • have evaluation plan to meet requirements of organizations, insurance and regulatory bodies
  • multicultural drafted
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34
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Depressed clients: Individual v Group Work

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Research shows individual has more results but not 100% convincing

In general group is just as effective as individual

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35
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Jacob Moreno

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Father of Psychodrama
Coined Group Therapy
Theater of Spontaneity

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36
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Smith and Wilson

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Founder of AA, first self help group

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Frank Parsons

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Father of Guidance/Vocational

Relied heavily on groups for career work

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EG Williamson

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Minnesota Viewpoint

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39
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Fritz Pearls

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Gestalt Therapy

Major impact in group therapy - Esalen Institute

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40
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Freud

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Book: Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego

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41
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Joseph Pratt

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May be the first counseling group

Physician - focus on TB

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42
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ASGPP

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American Society for Group Psychotherapy

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43
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AGPA

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American Group Psychotherapy Association

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44
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ASGW Journal

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Journal for Specialists in Group Work

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45
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NASW

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National Association Social Workers

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46
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AAS

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American Association of Suicidology

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47
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Samuel Slavson

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AGPA: American Group Psychotherapy Association

48
Q

Theorist - work preface group

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Adler: Child guidance facilities

Davis: First school guidance counselor

49
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CACREP Group Requirements

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Student participate in group 10 hours during a semester

50
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Primary Group

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Preventative, attempt to stop problem before it occurs

i.e. teach about birth control to teens

51
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Secondary Group

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Problem is present but not severe

52
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Tertiary Group

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Serious individual issues, longstanding
Long term
May focus on past/childhood

53
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Group Norms

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Expected behaviors

54
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Group Therapy in US flourished due to….

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Shortage of therapists after WWII

55
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Group Content*

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Material discussed in a group setting

56
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Group Process*

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Manner in which the discussions occur

Analyzing communications, transactions

57
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Group Cohesiveness

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Forces which tend to bind group members together

Field Theory: Kurt Lewin

58
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Group Therapy v Group Counseling vs Guidance

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Guidance:

  • Psychoeducational
  • Affective Education Group
  • Psychological Education Group
  • Preventative and Instructional
  • Leader has less training

Therapy:

  • Longer duration
  • Personality Reconstruction Group
  • Problem is more severe
  • Tertiary
  • Psychotherapy: Hospitals

Counseling:

  • Less structure
  • Conscious concerns
59
Q

George Gazda

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3 Types of Groups
Guidance
Counseling
Psychotherapy

60
Q

Group exercises must…*

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Correspond to the level of the group development

61
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Structure vs. Unstructured

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Less structure is better generally

62
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Nosology*

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Taxonomy

Classification of disease

63
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Examples of low structured groups

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Psychodynamic
Nondirective
Existential

64
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Examples of high structured groups

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Specific topics (assertiveness)
Behaviorist
65
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13th Stepping*

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Members who exploit new members for sexual purposes

66
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Marathon Group

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Weekend, lasts over 24 hours

67
Q

Most important trait of group members

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trust

68
Q

Homogeneity

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Members are similar

69
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Heterogeneous

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Dissimilar groups

More of a microism of our world

70
Q

More influence in group - SES or race

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SES

71
Q

Examples of observations of individual:
sadness
relaxed
self-critical

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Content

72
Q

Examples of observations of one member wincing when another speaks

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Process

73
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Example: Ken has not stolen for a week so gets a coin

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Product

74
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Another word for universality

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mutuality

75
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Leadership style by Lewin, Lippit and White criticism

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Study was on a school activity group

76
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Interpersonal Leaders

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Distant, not aggressive

77
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Energizing Leaders

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Emotionally stimulate the group

78
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Manager Leaders

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Executive control

79
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Provider Leaders

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Caring

80
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Effective leaders have discovered***

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Modeling appropriate behaviors improves group participation even when members are resistant

81
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Most effective leadership style, most times…

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Democratic

82
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Transference

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Client issue

83
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Countertransference

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Therapist issue

84
Q

Gerald Corey

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Group Therapy

Believes therapist should participate in both therapeutic group and leader group

85
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Most effective group session duration

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2 hours

86
Q

Confidentiality

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Groups cannot ensure confidential

Communicate risks at the beginning of the session/series

87
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Reluctant client

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client referred for treatment but is not enthusiastic about the modality

88
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Blocking

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Therapist uses an intervention to stop a negative behavior to reduce harm/risk

89
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Scapegoating

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Members gang up on another member

90
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Structured Group v Group Structure

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Structured Group: Group focused on a given theme

91
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Operational Manner

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Provide concrete steps in order to illuminate the concept

92
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Sociogram

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Pictorial account of a group

Diagram member interaction

93
Q

Karpman Drama Triangle

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Teaching device for interpersonal relationships

94
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Peeping Tom in Groups

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Interrogator

95
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Gatekeeper Role

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Makes certain that everyone is doing their tasks

96
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Harmonizer Role

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Conciliator, make sure everything is running smooth

97
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Task Roles - Member

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Helps group carry out the tasks

Positive

98
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Maintenance Role - Member

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Strengthen group processes

Positive

99
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Self-Serving Role - Member

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Negative

Individual needs over the needs of the group

100
Q

Task Group

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Athletic team

Employee run group to improve a process

101
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Task by the Leader

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If there is a conflict, leader may request the group do a task together

102
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Role Conflict

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Discrepancy between expected behavior and actual behavior

103
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Initial Group Stages - Traits

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Approach - Avoidance Behavior (you want to meet group members but it’s scary)

104
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Making the Rounds

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Leader allows each group member to weigh in on a given topic

105
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Linking

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Leader attempts to relate on person to another

106
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Horizontal Interventions

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Strategies that approach the group as a whole
Interpersonal methods
Here and now interventions

107
Q

Vertical Interventions

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Counseling with an individual in a group

108
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Interpersonal Interventions v Intrapersonal Interventions

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Therapist best to use both
Intra: Work with the past
Inter: Here and now

109
Q

Groups are effective….

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although researchers cannot pinpoint exactly why

110
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Limitations of groups

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leader can lose control
intimidating for clients
lack of flexibility for meeting times
lack of trust in confidentiality

111
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Group Advantages*

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In Vivo interpersonal work
Sense of belonging
Cost effective
Universality
Effective support system
112
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Major group advantage*

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Microcosms of society that offer support and learning

Analogous to communication and interaction in life

113
Q

RK Coyne

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Group Intervention Model

Prevent, Correct or enhance behavior

114
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Group Work Evaluation

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Best to have an outside observer

115
Q

Children Groups

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Keep parents involved