Working Stage

Question 1

Working Stage

Characteristics

Answer 1

• Interact with one another freely and directly
• Willingness to take risks
• Conflict is recognized and dealt with
• Feedback is given freely and accepted
• Confrontation is caring and respectful
• Make a commitment to face and work through barriers that interfere with the group’s progress
• Members are beginning to express reactions and perception

Question 2

Working Stage

Choices to be Made

Answer 2

• Disclosure Versus Anonymity
• Authenticity Versus Guardedness
• Spontaneity Versus Control
• Acceptance Versus Rejection
• Unity Versus Fragmentation

Question 3

Working Stage

Members Tasks and Functions

Answer 3

• Bring into group sessions personal concerns
• Offer feedback and remain open to feedback
• Practice new skills and behaviors
• Be willing to take risks
• Continually assess their level of satisfaction

Question 4

Working Stage

Leader Functions

Answer 4

Intervention:

• Role-play.
• When a group has regressed, the most critical intervention is to describe what is happening and to get members to put to words what they are observing, thinking and feeling.
• Model appropriate behavior
• Support the members willingness to take risks
• Explore common themes
• Emphasize the importance of translating insight into action
• To encourage
• Push to disclose
• Importance of HOMEWORK: Leader, it is important for members to practice these skills OUTSIDE of group therefore, provide HW that enforces this.