Group Counseling and Group Work (2/2) Flashcards
Counseling Theory applied to group work
Newer trends and approaches are also important:
family groups
brief and narrative therapy groups
groups working from a feminist therapy perspective
Person-Centered Group
Content
- feelings
- personal meanings
- attitudes
- sense of trust in group
Person-Centered Group
Leader
- group member centered and process oriented
- leader creates climate, conveys acceptance, facilitates, links
Person-Centered Group
Techniques
- active listening/reflection
- support and “being there”
- altering self-concepts
- few structured techinques
Person-Centered Group
Focus
insight and affect oriented
Gestalt Group
Focus
action/insight and affect oriented
Gestalt Group
Goal
- awareness
- experience in the moment
- personality change
Person-Centered Group
Goal
- encourage openness
- explore full range of feelings
- increasing self-understanding
- develop openness, honesty, spontaneity
Person-Centered Group
Multicultural
- respects cultural values
- encourages active listening
- members may not like the ‘lack of direction’
- may want more structure/more directive problem-solving approach
Gestalt Group
Techniques
- focus on the here and now
- experiential
- use of exercises including confrontation, empty chair, guided fantasy
- catharsis
Gestalt Group
Content
- clients have responsibility for moment-to-moment experiencing and awareness
- deal with unfinished business
Gestalt Group
Leader
- group member centered and process oriented
- leader brings structure to group
- serves as catalyst for change
- encourages working through unfinished business
Transactional Analysis Group
Focus
a combination of insight/action and rational/affect oriented
Transactional Analysis Group
Goal
- awareness
- making new decisions
- become free of scripts and games
- altering course of life
Transactional Analysis Group
Techniques
- interacting with others
- making contracts
- use of script-analysis checklist
- teaching/learning
- role-playing
Gestalt Group
Multicultural
- different techniques can be addapted to different clients
- focus may be on nonverbals and what they mean
- many clients are less apt to respond with intense feelings and be less willing to participate in some techniques
Transactional Analysis Group
Content
- life script
- three dynamic ego states - parent, adult, child
- games people play
Transactional Analysis Group
Leader
- leader is teacher adn diagnostician
- group is leader-centered with equal process and outcome orientation
Transactional Analysis Group
Multicultural
- clients like the structure
- the contracts they design can account for cultural values
- clients may have difficulty understanding some TA concepts and processes
- narrow interpretation of human nature
Cognitive Behavior Group
Goal
eliminate problem behaviors and teach self-management skills