Group Counseling Flashcards
Yalom
Existential, Group Therapy
Work in the here and now
11 reasons groups work so well
Altruism
Helping others gives sense of well-being
Universality
Not only one with the problem
Installation of Hope
Hope the group will work
Catharsis
Talking is beneficial
Group Cohesiveness
Sense of we-ness
Imitative Behavior
Social Learning Theory
Learn from watching others
Family Reenactment
Helps albeit family of origin or issues
Imparting Information
Psychodynamic insights or advice
Interpersonal Learning
Members receive feedback on how their behavior affects others
Socialization Techniques
Feedback and instruction
Existential Factors
Discovering life can have meaning
Idea Group Size
5 or 6-8, 8 preferable
Long term groups can function with 10
Smaller with children
Stage Model: Initial
Initial, Forming, Orientation
Stage Model: Transition
Transition, Conflict, Storming
Power struggles
Stage Model: Working
Productive, Forming, Action
Completing goal cohesively
Stage Model: Termination
Closure, Completion, Mourning, Adjourning
Goodbye
Negative Role Examples
Monopolizing
Attacking
Blaming
Intellectualizing too much
Leader: Autocratic
Authoritarian
Make decisions for the group
Leader: Laissez Faire
Hands off
Leader: Democratic
Input from members (seen as best style)
Leader: Speculative
Rely on charisma and personal power to move the group in a direction
Leader: Confrontive
Reveals the impact that his behavior has had on himself as well as others have on him
Type: Psychoeducational
Informative
Type: Counseling
Conscious issues related to personal growth
Type: Group Therapy
Unconscious issues, past and personality changes
Type: T Group
Training (business/personal motivation)
Type: Structure
Centered around personal issues such as shyness or how to prepare for a job interview
Type: Support
Self-help (AA)
Not led by a professional
Self serving bias
When group is productive the person takes credit for it
Risky Shift
Members make more risky decisions in a group
Group Polarity
Members make more extreme decisions as a group v individually
ASGW
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
Depressed clients: Individual v Group Work
Research shows individual has more results but not 100% convincing
In general group is just as effective as individual
Jacob Moreno
Father of Psychodrama
Coined Group Therapy
Theater of Spontaneity
Smith and Wilson
Founder of AA, first self help group
Frank Parsons
Father of Guidance/Vocational
Relied heavily on groups for career work
EG Williamson
Minnesota Viewpoint
Fritz Pearls
Gestalt Therapy
Major impact in group therapy - Esalen Institute
Freud
Book: Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
Joseph Pratt
May be the first counseling group
Physician - focus on TB
ASGPP
American Society for Group Psychotherapy
AGPA
American Group Psychotherapy Association
ASGW Journal
Journal for Specialists in Group Work
NASW
National Association Social Workers
AAS
American Association of Suicidology