Group Counseling pt 2 Flashcards
What are the rules for confronting a group member?
- Do not beat up a member verbally or emotionally
- Be willing to do what you’re asking them to do
- Be tactful
- Use behavioral language instead of global judgments
- Know why you’re confronting
What are behaviors by group members that you would be most concerned about in the group that could detract from group?
- Defensiveness
- Threats/Aggression
- Reluctant/Silent
What is transference?
When the client transfers feelings for another person on to the therapist
What is counter-transference?
When the therapist transfers feelings onto the client
Difference between a working group and non-working group
- Good feedback
- Members are hopeful
- Confrontation is done as a reaction to a behavior and to challenge to examine behavior
- Members feel good about themselves
- Clear communication / direct
- Awareness of the group process
- Cultural differences do not cause discord
Group members use out of group time to work on problems raised in the group
What are therapeutic factors that operate in a group?
- Instilling hope
- Being able to look at situations differently
- Being able to practice changes they want to make
- Getting feedback
- Want people to feel empowered
- Confrontation (hardest skill to master)
What are you going to do at the end of the group?
- Want people to practice changes they’ve made
- Evaluate group experience
- Want people to think about terminating the group
- Want people to evaluate the group
- Dealing with unfinished business (everyone will always have some)
Why would you use a contract and homework?
- People practice what they’ve learned to get better at it
* Contracts have been found to be helpful
What are coleader issues that are dealt with at the end of a group?
- How things went
- Are there people you’re concerned about
- How you both worked together
- What issues need to be addressed
- Do they want to do the group again
What are legal specific issues with children?
- Know confidentiality limits
- Know when you need parental permission
- Know legal responsibility to report abuse
Goals for children’s group coming out of divorced and changing families?
- Give necessary support
- Let children know they aren’t alone
- Teach coping skills
- Help children deal with emotional concerns
- Refer out as needed
- Help children learn to communicate
Goals for a children’s group for abuse?
- Fostering a safe environment
- Empower children
- Enhance sense of self
- Help children deal with emotional concerns
- Refer out as needed
- Help children learn to communicate
- Help children gain a sense of control
Developmental themes of adolescents?
- Relationships
- Sexuality
- School issues
- Career issues
- Home issues
High school anger management group topics
- Triggers
- Stress management
- Assertiveness versus aggression
- Communication
- Coping skills
- Work general to specific in anger management (get them calmer and more relaxed first, which will make it harder for them to get angry)
Women’s support group for victims of incest
- Get client to a place where they can tell what happened to them (to the therapist)
- Guilt/shame (appropriate and inappropriate guilt)
- Trust
- Coping skills
